Blood Red Sun over UK 16 Oct 2017

A combination of events, ex hurricane Ophelia off the west coast of Ireland and a strong south to north flow of the jet stream overhead, produced an unusual effect by turning the sky and sun an eerie red colour. This strong air flow from the south picked up dust from the Sahara Desert and smoke and debris from the forest fires in Portugal and carried this to the skies over much of the UK resulting in a spectacular display that could be seen for most of the day.

[@violina48]

Amazing recording! Very beautiful Maurice!

[@kiwi_sodas]

I saw it! The sky was greyish yellow, it was awesomely creepy! It was like an apocalypse was about to happen.

[@robertm418]

I saw it today it was amazing

[@Ibzzz.]

This was actually on my birthday a while back so I decided to search up and found this

[@ResearcherRabbit]

SCP-001 When day breaks

[@ITT59Gamer]

lmao

[@MoniqueSmulders]

Nice film, we had the same effect today in the Netherlands. The light had a strange colour all day

[@74836]

*starts playing red sun in the sky*

[@Ifailedmyself]

But there is no Mao Zedong here with YoU.

[@TomMcClean]

Good clear colour footage Maurice. I missed this but managed to film ( rather poorly ) the combination of a harvest moon and lunar eclipse in Sept 2015.

[@ItsSamHussey]

It was very crazy yesterday

[@cuddlesfluffles]

I saw this when I woke up I ran outside and almost bursted in exitment

[@axseral7368]

omg i remember that day

[@nickybaker1338]

It was truly a rare & beautiful sight!

[@MauriceBaker100]

Thanks for commenting Nicky, yes it was a wonderful sight to watch but quite eerie at the same time.

[@Dimenshion-]

When I first saw this it scared the living hell out of me

[@lucyskinner5745]

Same XD

[@elidaruiz869]

I saw it today I was scared I thought the world was going to end ☀️🔥🔥

[@kieronsteele3340]

Ok so where was all the dust.they said it was dust blowing in from the sharah desert. the sky went completely yellowish so you would think there would be dust left behind. Nice try but I'm not fooled.

[@dhtelevision]

I thought it was the end, but, it was a bit scary

[@DutyJames]

Yeah and it's been a really creepy yellow sky all day.I was waiting for the end of the world lmao

[@mohammedasim2136]

What do u mean u really want to die

[@dewdrop9678]

Duty Jame I thought the same

[@adrianplayz1689]

walking outside to rob a bank : sun : hey buddy... want to play some bloodball? *spins menacingly* god help me

[@primoz.benedicto3572]

Bloody sun

[@avriil6446]

day broke

[@iguroobanai1509]

mao zedong

[@coffeemugz2947]

Japan would be proud

[@nopretribrapture2318]

When i saw it yesterday and filmed it i thought it was the end of the sun or nibiru..now I realise what an idiot I was....still am...never mind. Now I know it was a desert dust sand storm carried by storm Ophelia. ..

[@MauriceBaker100]

scene deale