The pristine snow-white slopes on the French Alps have gone severely off piste, as strong storms whipped up dust from the Sahara and turned the wintry scenes a dramatic orange colour - and the dust storm is heading for England.
Incredible pictures taken in south west France show people skiing on snow turned orange overnight by the desert sand from more than 1,500 miles away.
The phenomenon is caused by large gusts of wind lift the small sand particles from the cool air on the ground in the desert into hotter air in the skies, which is then carried across the Mediterranean.
