Athens like Mars. The video from the sand storm of the Sahara which hit the capital of Greece on Tuesday 23 April it went around the world.
In addition to the country’s main city, other regions have also been covered by one thick layer of dust arrived from desert.
From the marble columns of Parthenon, old fashioned Roman agora, Athens’ main monuments have been swallowed up by sand, with the entire city engulfed in one orange haze that he evoked apocalyptic scenarios.
A shot of Athens, surrounded by the sand of the Sahara
The pulmonologists they recommended themselves to the population, inviting them to stay at home to avoid it breathing problems, but the most curious remained on the balconies, taking the risks involved.
The concentrations of sand in the air, in fact, on the one hand reduce sunlight and visibilityand on the other hand they contribute to increasing the level of polluting particles, leading to health problems for the most vulnerable and affected people respiratory diseases.
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The phenomenon of the sandstorm that hit Athens is due to the concentrations of African dust and the particular weather conditions who prevailed over Attica.
THE winds Southerners carrying sand met with colder currents coming from the North, causing the dust to rise with the hot air to greater heights, up to two kilometers, and remained there.
The dust particles reflected i sunrays which returned a mixed shade between orange And red.
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However, it is not one first time for Greece, which had already been shrouded in desert dust at the end of last March and to thebeginning of April.
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