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 by Brooks Hays Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018
It looks like a giant creamsicle melted across the mountains of Russia, Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine. As evidenced by new NASA images, shared online this week, waves of wind-blown Saharan dust have turned the snowy peaks of Eastern Europe orange. Over the last week, dust storms in North Africa have kicked Saharan sands into the air and carried them across the Mediterranean. As they're carried by the cross-continental winds, the dust mixes with rain and snow before being dropped on Eastern Europe. The phenomenon, which happens once every few years, has made for some stunning photography, both on the ground and from space. Images captured by NASA's Aqua satellite show the orange peaks from a vantage of 436 miles.
Two skiers swept to their deaths by avalanche in France Grenoble, France (AFP) March 25, 2018 Two skiers died in the French Alps on Sunday afternoon after an avalanche swept them away, mountain rescuers said. The pair, both French and in their forties, were cross-country skiing in the hills overlooking the town of Modane in the southeastern Savoie region. The avalanche - which mountain rescuers said was triggered by the skiers at around 5:30 pm (1930 GMT) - buried them as they climbed at 2,700 metres on the western slope of the Belle Plinier mountain. Another skier who was with the ... read more
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