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Residents in Istanbul were left mystified after a dark cloud spread across the city, turning day into night reportedly for five minutes.
By PA/TPN, in Asia, Europe · 29 Apr 2023, 08:31 · 0 Comments
A video clip on Twitter shows the city suddenly falling into darkness and then turning back into day. News site TechnoPixel suggests that the phenomenon could be explained by being a large cumulonimbus thundercloud.
Yesterday Istanbul was suddenly covered by a giant black cloud up to ten kilometers in size. The Sun was not visible for 5 minutes and the city became dark, as if at night. pic.twitter.com/tr8CDZDbMY
— Tansu YEĞEN (@TansuYegen) April 19, 2023
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