A rare natural phenomenon “hit” her Constantinople the previous days. A cloud about 7 kilometers thick covered the city’s sky on Tuesday (April 18) and plunged it into darkness for about 5 minutes.
Many videos of the phenomenon were posted on social media and the images went around the world.
“One 7 km thick cloud passed over Istanbul. The sun disappeared for five minutes and day turned into night. Some talked about “Apocalypse” image“, the Turkish meteorological forum HAVA said in a post on Twitter, which was also accompanied by the relevant video.
A cloud 7 kilometers thick passed over Istanbul. Bu esnada 5 sakida güneş yok oldu, gözün geceye görde. Bazi insannar kıyamet yorumu yağıpti. Here is the anlar… 👀 pic.twitter.com/BmJlbSMX5U
— Hava Forum (@HavaForum) April 18, 2023
İstanbul’da 7 kilometer sakındaki bulutla 5 saikada yaşışın ızılır… 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/eMTeET2y8p
— Hava Forum (@HavaForum) April 18, 2023
İstanbul’da adveksiyon sisi oluştu. pic.twitter.com/YdoBVhC2PD
— Hava Forum (@HavaForum) April 19, 2023
İstanbul, Beykoz’dan anlık… Shelf cloud yani raf bulutu tuşar.. 👀 pic.twitter.com/Wmr6goctzB
— Hava Forum (@HavaForum) April 20, 2023
CNN TÜRK meteorologist Orhan Şen, speaking about the phenomenon, said: “It is a very dangerous cloud. The thickness of this cloud is very large. It can reach from 2 kilometers to 16. The reason the sky is dark is that sunlight does not pass through such a thick cloud. This cloud is called “Charlie Bravo Cloud”».
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
Source: News Beast

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