In pictures: Saharan dust cloud sweeping over Europe headed to UKPublished16 March 2022Image source, NurPhoto / GettyImage caption, Granada is a city in southern Spain鈥檚 Andalusia region, and it woke up to the huge cloud of dust.Image source, Carlos Gil Andreu / GettyImage caption, It's been turning cars dusty all over the country, and authorities in Spain asked people to stay inside where possible.Image source, Marcos del Mazo / GettyImage caption, It also affected the country's capital, Madrid. Here you can (almost) see the skyscrapers of the Four Towers Business Area in the city obscured by the orange-red cloud.Image source, Carlos Barba / EPAImage caption, When it reaches the UK, the dust will have travelled 1,500 miles from Algeria and Morocco.Image source, Carlos Barba / EPAImage caption, The dust also reached one of Spain's hottest regions, Almeria.Image source, URS FLUEELER / EPAImage caption, And the dust didn't just travel to Spain - here you can see it turning the mountains of Switzerland orange.Image source, LAURENT GILLIERON / EPAImage caption, This Swiss army base was turned orange-yellow, too.More on this storyNorthern lights: Incredible aurora borealis lights up Scottish skiesPublished15 March 2022Extreme weather records in the UK and around the worldPublished18 August 2020Amazing images from Sony World Photography AwardsPublished16 March 2022