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The sky suddenly turns completely red over the Chinese city of Zhoushan
Created: 05/11/2022, 12:46 p.m
By: Laura May
Suddenly the sky on the Chinese island of Zhoushan turned blood red.
The mood initially scared local residents, but an explanation soon followed.
Zhoushan - Residents of the Chinese city of Zhoushan marveled at the color of the sky on the evening of May 9.
Suddenly the sky above the city, which is on Hainan Island southeast of Shanghai, turned bright red.
China: People initially thought a fire had broken out in the port
It was a foggy, overcast evening and the light broke a diffuse path through the air.
Since the deep red came from the port of Zhoushan, people initially feared that a fire might have broken out there.
But according to
RTL News
, a harmless effect is responsible for the color in the sky.
Red sky over the Chinese city of Zhoushan.
© Screenshot/Twitter
China: Weather experts quickly give the all-clear - fishing boats caused the red light
Experts were able to quickly give the islanders the all-clear.
The red sky was not a sign of the apocalypse or Armageddon.
The red light came from fishing boats.
An employee of the city's meteorological office explained the phenomenon: foggy, cloudy weather means there is more water and more aerosols in the air.
These break the light of the fishing boats and color the sky red.
According to experts, an additional explanation for the red sky could also be particles in the air that come from the Hunga Tonga volcano.
The volcano is located on an island in the Pacific and erupted in January.
