A strong southerly flow triggered from a deep low spinning over Italy pulled a vast plume of Saharan dust northwards off Libya out over the Med turning many islands a dusty, orange Thursday morning. Crete’s sky resembled Kuwait or Iraq in the midst of an intense sandstorm.

As well as dusty, it was also very warm.

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It wasn’t just Crete and Greece which turned orange.

https://twitter.com/LloydHart/status/977532411339616261

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https://twitter.com/ZdenekNejedly/status/977154081608339457

FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: Fokion Chorinos

Tags: crete, saharan dust