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A blanket of orange snow has turned parts of eastern Europe into a scene from a science fiction movie. The orange snow has baffled skiers who described the snow as "Martian-like landscapes". Several social media users documented the orange blankets of snow in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, and Moldova.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Amazing photos of the orange peaks of mountains outside Sochi as winds from North Africa dump sand on snow: <a href="https://t.co/bhvJ3uHaL1">https://t.co/bhvJ3uHaL1</a> <a href="https://t.co/LnFjenvYTH">pic.twitter.com/LnFjenvYTH</a></p>— Howard Amos (@howardamos) <a href="https://twitter.com/howardamos/status/977173920444026881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Photos show skiers at Russia's Sochi resort skiing the orange slopes as if nothing is out of the ordinary while others described the scene as "apocalyptic". The orange snow comes just days after the island of Crete in Greece was covered in orange Saharan dust. The orange dust blanketing the island nation is said to be the result of strong Scirocco winds blowing dust from Lybia towards Greece.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The island of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Crete?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Crete</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Greece?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Greece</a> after it was covered in orange Saharan dust <a href="https://t.co/7ubBuMETks">pic.twitter.com/7ubBuMETks</a></p>— Hans Solo (@thandojo) <a href="https://twitter.com/thandojo/status/977904874800136192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Severe Weather Europe reported the dust storm would likely move into Europe and remain for around a week. It seems the orange dust has made its way all the way from the Sahara Desert to Eastern Europe and is responsible for the Martian-like snowfall.

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Source: https://www.9news.com.au/world/2018/03/26/08/29/orange-snow-russia-ukraine-romania-bulgaria-moldova-sochi-resort-europe