Athens turned orange as winds deposited sand from North Africa on the Greek capital.
Skies over southern Greece turned an orange hue on Tuesday as mud clouds blown throughout the Mediterranean Sea engulfed the Acropolis and different Athens landmarks.
Sturdy winds carried the mud from the Sahara Desert, giving the environment of the capital a Martian-like filter amid the final hours of daylight.
The skies had been predicted to clear on Wednesday as winds shift and transfer the mud, with temperatures dipping.
On Tuesday, the each day excessive in components of the southern island of Crete topped 30 levels Celsius (86 levels Fahrenheit), greater than 20C (36F) increased than temperatures registered throughout northern Greece.
The winds over latest days have additionally fanned unseasonal wildfires within the south.
The hearth service reported on Tuesday {that a} complete of 25 wildfires had damaged out throughout the nation up to now 24 hours.
Three individuals had been arrested on the Aegean Sea resort island of Paros on suspicion of unintentionally beginning a scrub blaze, it mentioned. No important injury or accidents had been reported, and the hearth was shortly contained.
Greece suffers devastating, and infrequently lethal, forest blazes each summer season. Final 12 months, the nation recorded the European Union’s largest wildfire in additional than 20 years.
Persistent drought, mixed with excessive spring temperatures, has raised fears of a very difficult interval for firefighters within the coming months.
