Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Pink snow in Russia
Certain parts of Russia's Maritime territory were coated with pink snow recently. This follows a yellow snowfall last month caused by pollution or possibly volcanic activity. Meteorologists suggest that the pink tint comes from Mongolian sand. From Mos News:
Before it arrived in Maritime, the cyclone passed Mongolia, where sand storms had been raging in the desert.Link (via Fortean Times)
“The winds of the cyclone embraced dust particles that colored the fallouts,” the experts said.
UPDATE: Bladesman writes that he "couldn't help thinking that the pink snow in Russia might somehow be linked with the red rain in India, which might, just might, be proof of extra terrestrial life. (Link) Initial thoughts then were that dust from Arabia had caused the rain to turn red. I wonder if the winds were in the right direction, and strong enough, for sand to travel from Mongolia to the Maritime district?"
UPDATE: Hubs writes, "In the alpine areas here in Colorado we have pink snow too. However, here it is an algae called chlamydomonas nivalis that gives the snow a bright pink hue. It's called watermelon snow and surprisingly enough it also gives the snow a watermelon flavor that is easily digestible (in resonable quantites)." Link
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