Orange snow transforms snowscapes into alien worlds across the New East

Mountais across the New East have been transformed into alien landscapes by a freak blanket of orange snow falling across the region.

A post shared by Alina Smurygina (@sinyaya_ptiza) on Mar 23, 2018 at 11:55pm PDT

The meteorological phenomenon was triggered by storms in northern Africa, which blew sand from the Sahara across the Mediterranean. Once in Europe, the sand particles mixed with snow and rain, giving the snow a distinctive orange tint.

A post shared by Инструктор И Фрирайд гид (@ionovmaxim) on Mar 24, 2018 at 9:01am PDT

As the skies darkened over Friday and Saturday, residents in Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Moldova took to social media to document the brass-tinged snowscapes.

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