A dust storm over Europe left the normally sparkling slopes of snow in the Pyrenees a muted brown color as snowboarders and skiers carved paths through the unusual landscape on Wednesday.
The storm from the Sahara desert also made it hard to breathe in large parts of Spain for a second straight day,
Many Europeans woke up to eerie skies, from the grimy gray in Madrid to orange-hues in the Swiss Alps, caused by the tiny particles that had traveled thousands of kilometers across the Mediterranean Sea.
The European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said it was tracking the large mass of dust that has degraded air quality across large parts of Spain, Portugal, and France.
