IF YOU looked out of your window yesterday you may have noticed a strange red-tinged glow from the sun.
Members of The Oxford Mail's Camera Club have been busy snapping some stunning pictures of the strange sight from across the county.
Known as a 'hurricane sun', the hazy weather is understood to be the result of the tail-end of what was hurricane Ophelia heading for the UK.
Dust from Africa disturbed by Ophelia caused the sky to have an unusual red tint yesterday.
Amateur astronomer Mary McIntyre, who took the photo above of the yellow sun over the Warneford Hospital in Oxford, said: "I've never seen anything like it, in all the years I've been looking at the sky - it was absolutely stunning.
"My husband Mark said to me, it felt like we were on Mars."
According to the Met Office the dust scatters the blue light from the sun letting more red light through much as at sunrise or sunset.
#Ophelia has drawn Saharan dust north to the UK, making the sun appear red this morning. Photo credit: Kelly Norris https://t.co/2qMvYSQjLQ pic.twitter.com/7dioN4vj61
— Met Office (@metoffice) October 16, 2017
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What is your response?Storm Ophelia brought smoke from the Algarve and dust from the Sahara to produce a brilliant red sun and eerie skies across Oxford earlier today.
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Storm Ophelia brought smoke from the Algarve and dust from the Sahara to produce a brilliant red sun and eerie skies across Oxford earlier today. 
Storm Ophelia brought smoke from the Algarve and dust from the Sahara to produce a brilliant red sun and eerie skies across Oxford earlier today. 
Storm Ophelia brought smoke from the Algarve and dust from the Sahara to produce a brilliant red sun and eerie skies across Oxford earlier today. 
Storm Ophelia brought smoke from the Algarve and dust from the Sahara to produce a brilliant red sun and eerie skies across Oxford earlier today. What is your response?29th Floor of the Walkie Talkie in London. London in Sepia colour
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29th Floor of the Walkie Talkie in London. London in Sepia colour What is your response?Sun in Bladon, Woodstock
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Sun in Bladon, Woodstock What is your response?1pm in Northway, Oxford
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1pm in Northway, Oxford What is your response?
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What is your response?Hurricane Ophelia turning the sun and sky red/orange in Abingdon
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Hurricane Ophelia turning the sun and sky red/orange in Abingdon 
Hurricane Ophelia turning the sun and sky red/orange in Abingdon 
Hurricane Ophelia turning the sun and sky red/orange in Abingdon What is your response?
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What is your response?Stanford in the Vale oxfordshire
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Stanford in the Vale oxfordshire What is your response?In Nacton Village, Suffolk. Quite a sight
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In Nacton Village, Suffolk. Quite a sight What is your response?Taken in didcot.
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Taken in didcot. What is your response?Abingdon
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Abingdon What is your response?
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What is your response?The sun has turned dark orange with a bit of red. All those people who looked at the sun with their bare eyes are now feeling dizzy and got a weird headache and they also said that they can feel the earth moving really fast.
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The sun has turned dark orange with a bit of red. All those people who looked at the sun with their bare eyes are now feeling dizzy and got a weird headache and they also said that they can feel the earth moving really fast. 
The sun has turned dark orange with a bit of red. All those people who looked at the sun with their bare eyes are now feeling dizzy and got a weird headache and they also said that they can feel the earth moving really fast. What is your response?A spooky day in Chalgrove yellow sky, red sun and the car dashcam filming in green,
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A spooky day in Chalgrove yellow sky, red sun and the car dashcam filming in green, What is your response?I took this picture from my house in Oxford
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I took this picture from my house in Oxford What is your response?Taken in didcot
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Taken in didcot What is your response?Taken from Abingdon
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What is your response?Taken in Deddington at 11am & 2nd photo just now at 14.40
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Taken in Deddington at 11am & 2nd photo just now at 14.40 What is your response?Pictures of the sun from my back garden at 2.40pm.. in blackbird leys oxford
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Pictures of the sun from my back garden at 2.40pm.. in blackbird leys oxford 
Pictures of the sun from my back garden at 2.40pm.. in blackbird leys oxford What is your response?View in Carterton about 1pm
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View in Carterton about 1pm What is your response?View in Carterton about 1pm
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View in Carterton about 1pm What is your response?View in Carterton about 1pm
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View in Carterton about 1pm What is your response?View in Carterton about 1pm
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View in Carterton about 1pm What is your response?View in Carterton about 1pm
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View in Carterton about 1pm What is your response?View in Carterton about 1pm
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What is your response?The sun above Abingdon Museum in the market square this morning
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The sun above Abingdon Museum in the market square this morning What is your response?
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What is your response?View from basement in Oxford this morning.
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View from basement in Oxford this morning. What is your response?It’s an eerie day out there
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It’s an eerie day out there 
It’s an eerie day out there What is your response?It’s an eerie day out there
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It’s an eerie day out there It’s an eerie day out there What is your response?It got very dark earlier and seems to be getting that way again. An amazing sight to see!!
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It got very dark earlier and seems to be getting that way again. An amazing sight to see!! What is your response?Not a great picture but this is kirtlington
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Not a great picture but this is kirtlington What is your response?the sun in Witney this morning
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the sun in Witney this morning What is your response?Blackbird leys.
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Blackbird leys. What is your response?Eerie sky over North Oxford
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Eerie sky over North Oxford 
Eerie sky over North Oxford What is your response?Taken outside Tesco Abingdon
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Taken outside Tesco Abingdon 
Taken outside Tesco Abingdon What is your response?Grove, Oxfordshire
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Grove, Oxfordshire What is your response?
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What is your response?Red Sun over the Coal Stage at Didcot Railway Centre
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Red Sun over the Coal Stage at Didcot Railway Centre What is your response?Red sun in kidlington
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Red sun in kidlington What is your response?St Clements- very creepy feeling today was th the wierd light
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St Clements- very creepy feeling today was th the wierd light What is your response?Top pic with camera, bottom pic with iPhone but red was too intense.
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Top pic with camera, bottom pic with iPhone but red was too intense. 
Top pic with camera, bottom pic with iPhone but red was too intense. What is your response?
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