--- title: Watch This Unbelievable Storm Turn Belarus Into Tatooine description: An incredible video has surfaced of a bizarre weather phenomenon that transformed day into night in the Belarus city of Soligorsk this week. canonical: https://time.com/3826166/storm-black-sky-belarus-haboob-tatooine/ author: Kevin McSpadden article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-17T05:46:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:51.217Z og:title: Watch This Unbelievable Storm Turn Belarus Into Tatooine og:description: This is terrifying og:url: https://time.com/3826166/storm-black-sky-belarus-haboob-tatooine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Unbelievable Storm Turn Belarus Into Tatooine twitter:description: This is terrifying twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch an Unbelievable Dust Storm Turn Belarus Into Tatooine by [Kevin McSpadden](https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Apr 17, 2015 5:46 AM UTC by [Kevin McSpadden](https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Apr 17, 2015 5:46 AM UTC An incredible video has surfaced of a bizarre weather phenomenon that, within a matter of minutes, transformed day into night in the Belarus city of Soligorsk on Monday. Thankfully, while property damage was reported in the region, nobody was injured during the storm, says the Russian news outlet RT. A cold front near the border with Ukraine created the epic dust storm called a “haboob,” which is rare in the region at this time of year. What’s more, the storm also included heavy rain. It appears Mother Nature reminded us that science fiction may not be so outlandish after all. _Read next:_ [_How a Dust Storm Inspired a Mass Exodus and a Great Novel_](http://time.com/3774667/dust-storm-grapes-of-wrath/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3826166/storm-black-sky-belarus-haboob-tatooine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3826166/storm-black-sky-belarus-haboob-tatooine/"},"headline":"Watch an Unbelievable Dust Storm Turn Belarus Into Tatooine","datePublished":"2015-04-17T05:46:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:51.217Z","description":"This is terrifying","url":"https://time.com/3826166/storm-black-sky-belarus-haboob-tatooine/","keywords":["Newsfeed","weather","Ukraine","viral","storm","YouTube","World","video","Belarus"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin McSpadden","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3826166/storm-black-sky-belarus-haboob-tatooine/","name":"Watch an Unbelievable Dust Storm Turn Belarus Into Tatooine"}}]}] ```