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The starting point is "Ses Feixes of Prat de Vila" in the city center of Ibiza.

A fire started on the island of Ibiza (Eivissa) today the 6 March 2017 around 1 pm, very quickly flames of more than 6 meters spread.

These great flames and the rapid progress of the fire is due to a very windy weather on the famous Balearic island. The fire wan near the Harbor of Vila (Puerto de Vila).

Difficulty for Firemens

The traffic was interrupted on the Avenue Santa Eulalia. The intense black smoke impedes the work of the firemen and the civil protection.

At 4 pm the level of fire was past from level 2 to level 1.

The fire can be seen from a great distance on a large part of the island.

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In late February 2017, strong winds from Africa brought sand from the Sahara desert to Europe, notably Spain, Italy and France.

The sand moves in the form of fine particles in the atmosphere the phenomenon is call Sirocco.

Many persons have captured images at many ski resorts in Europe, but where the phenomenon is most visible across Europe, it is undoubtedly in Sierra Nevada not far from Granada in the south of Spain.

Here is the picture before the arrival of the sand (see after the same image but with sand !)

white snow before sirocco

Indeed in some places we even have the impression that there is more sand that snow !

So skiing on snow or off-piste under the sand in Sierra Nevada ?