UNSPECIFIED, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 16: The sun goes a golden yellow colour due to dust from the Sahara being blown in with Storm Ophelia on October 16, 2017 in Fulham, London, England. (Photo by Rob Ball/Getty Images)
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UNSPECIFIED, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 16: The sun goes a golden yellow colour due to dust from the Sahara being blown in with Storm Ophelia on October 16, 2017 in Fulham, London, England. (Photo by Rob Ball/Getty Images)
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The sun turns a golden yellow due to dust from the Sahara being blown in with Storm Ophelia. Photographed from in Fulham in London

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 16: Girls throw leaves opposite the Houses of Parliament during a reddish sky caused by remnants of Hurricane Ophelia dragging in dust from the Sahara Desert, on October 16, 2017 in London, England. The hurricane comes exactly 30 years after the Great Storm of 1987 which killed 18 people and is estimated to have caused 1bn GBP in damage to property and infrastructure. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images
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Girls throw leaves opposite the Houses of Parliament during a reddish sky caused by remnants of Hurricane Ophelia dragging in dust from the Sahara

Pedestrians cross the Millennium Footbridge with the sky darkened over London on October 16, 2017 caused by warm air and dust swept up by storm Ophelia. The sun shone red and the sky darkened to a foreboding orange and brown across parts of Britain on Monday, as a storm swept air and dust in from southern Europe. Social media users shared pictures of ominous-looking clouds blocking out the sun, prompting London's Science Museum to joke on Twitter: "It's not the apocalypse!" Met Office forecaster Grahame Madge said the unusual effect was caused by Ophelia, the hurricane now downgraded to a violent storm which battered Ireland on Monday. / AFP PHOTO / CHRIS J RATCLIFFECHRIS J RATCLIFFE/AFP/Getty Images
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Pedestrians cross the Millennium footbridge with the sky darkened over London. Social media users shared pictures of ominous-looking clouds blocking out the sun

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 16: Tourists pass near the London Eye during a reddish sky caused by remnants of Hurricane Ophelia dragging in dust from the Sahara Desert, on October 16, 2017 in London, England. The hurricane comes exactly 30 years after the Great Storm of 1987 which killed 18 people and is estimated to have caused 1bn GBP in damage to property and infrastructure. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
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Tourists photograph the sky near the London Eye

People walk through Canary Wharf while the sky overhead turns red as dust from the Sahara carried by storm Ophelia filters sunlight over London, Britain, October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Tom Jacobs
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People walk through Canary Wharf

The sky turns dark during mid afternoon in the financial district of Canary Wharf in London, Britain, October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
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The sky turns dark in mid-afternoon over the financial district of Canary Wharf

The sun sets behind the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
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The red sun seen against the Houses of Parliament

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