Scary pink cloud hangs over Australian city: citizens fear apocalypse, turns out to be cannabis | Abroad

Describe eyewitness to The Guardian how bizarre they found the phenomenon. “My father said the world had come to an end,” said resident Tammy Szumowksi.

But the explanation for the pink glow is much more innocent. In the village is a pharmaceutical company that grows cannabis for medical purposes. “The cannabis plants need different spectrums of light to promote their growth,” said Rhys Cohen, communications manager at Cann Group. The Guardian. “Light with a red spectrum is often used. The facility must then use blackout curtains,” said Cohen.

Wednesday evening, however, these curtains had been left open by accident. So for the time being there is no question of an apocalypse in Mildura.

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