A strange event set off social media yesterday with news about the eerie red sky over the UK. The BBC reported the red sun and eerie sky that was seen all over the United Kingdom on October 16, 2017.
According to weather forecasters, this phenomenon was cause by remnants of Hurricane Ophelia dragging in tropical air and dust from the Sahara.
Check out this article: http://earthsky.org/earth/red-sun-uk-oct-2017-sahara-ophelia