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‘Minerva Red’: Timelapse video of the African dust that ‘choked’ Athens

The video is from the camera of the Athens Observatory in Penteli

Newsroom April 26 03:28

Unusual images were recorded in the past few days in many areas of the country, due to high concentrations of African dust.

In fact, Meteo, presents a timelapse video of the ‘Minerva Red’ Saharan dust transport episode in Athens, on April 23 and 24, 2024.

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It was the controversial weekend when the African dust ‘choked’ many parts of the country, painting the sky orange and making the atmosphere suffocating.

In the area of Sirte in Libya the shallow low, moving towards Greece, carried very large quantities of African dust, making the air quality very difficult, creating an eerie scene with orange skies.

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