Extraordinary orange snow in Russia

In recent years, some countries have strange phenomena that make people enjoy and fear, one of them is the orange snow phenomenon in Russia.

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Normally, snow is white because when the sun's rays hit the snow, it will be scattered by countless ice crystals and airbags inside the snowflake. Nearly all light rays are bounced back and "fired" out of the snow. So the snow retains the color of sunlight as white.

However, recently, nature has some strange phenomena when different color snowflakes cover the city.The snow phenomenon is because light does not "touch" the snowflake, causing the snowflake to retain the color of the air, where it falls, creating a variety of colors. In addition, colorful snowflakes are also affected by the pollution of the surrounding environment.

In some countries around the world, people are getting used to the phenomenon of color snow covering the whole city. In addition to the familiar white, people also see black snow, burn, red, yellow, purple, green, .

Orange snow appears in Russia

Orange snow, strange phenomenon makes people just enjoy and fear

Residents of Saratov city, about 858km from the capital of Moscow, were shocked when they woke up and saw everything around them buried under the orange snow. Not only in Saratov city, but people also see orange snow appearing in three different regions in Siberia. Orange snow is more beautiful and sparkling than any other snow, but these snowflakes have a very unpleasant smell and are extremely slippery, endangering people.The environmental pollution from factories here may cause this strange phenomenon.

Led by Reuters news agency, in the early days of February, people in some areas of Russia were extremely surprised to witness orange snow appear almost everywhere in the city. Its color varies from light yellow to dark orange.

Snow with unusual colors makes many people worry. On social networks, some people expressed their concern about radioactive or toxic chemicals in the snow. Others do not believe in their own eyes, they think their eyes have problems . Others contact the press agencies through asking experts about this phenomenon.

Mr. Mikhail Boltukhin, director of Saratov weather forecasting agency, said this is a normal phenomenon and completely harmless to humans and animals. According to his explanation, orange-colored snow is caused by a storm in the western Sahara that makes some sand from this desert fly to Russia. He said: "The western atmosphere contains small yellow grains of sand mixed in the snow, leading to such a strange phenomenon. The same situation is observed in the surrounding areas and in many areas. different country, especially in Crimea ". "There is no toxic substance in the snow, because it is purely natural sand," he added.

Before the phenomenon of strange orange snow, scientists advised people to limit their exposure to snow

The danger was not measured from orange snow

However, due to this strange phenomenon, scientists are anxious and are now analyzing more of the main causes of the phenomenon of color snow, which brings interest to people in public cities. career.One of the main causes given by researchers is air pollution, a type of pollution that is very dangerous to humans.

According to analytical results from the laboratory of the sanitation center and Omk epidemic, the orange type of snow falls in some areas of Siberia (Russia), although not toxic, showing no signs of radiation or oil contamination. but it contains four times as much iron as normal. In addition to having an unpleasant and greasy odor like oil that is dangerous to people walking, if people inhale a small amount of orange snow, an amount of iron will follow the trachea into the lungs, resulting in acute pneumonia. The Omk government has called on people not to use orange snow and should limit walking in the snow or exposing their feet to snow.