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| December 25, 2009 | Tourists view 'winter line' in Mussoorie | | Mussoorie: Hundreds of tourists thronged Mussoorie, the hill resort
in Uttarakhand, to view a rare natural phenomenon known as 'winter line' on Thursday. Incidentally, such a scene is witnessed in just two parts of the world,
Mussoorie being one and Switzerland the other. During the months of November and
December, the 'winter line' starts forming. It appears when sun starts setting and the
horizon gets lit up in different hues like red, orange, purples and mauve. Tourists,
children in particular, enjoyed the spectacular view with almost all of them startled to
see the beauty of the sky during the formation of the winter line. "It is really
amazing; I have not seen anything like this before in my entire life," said Sanjeev
Kumar, a tourist. The colours in the sky deepen as winter sets in. Anand Sharma,
Director of Meteorological Department, said that the colder the winter, the darker
is the winter line and this natural trend is a unique. "There is the Aravali range
and you can see a line which people call as 'winter line.' The reason behind this
phenomenon is refraction. When the weather is subtle and there is no haze and
visibility is clear, then one can see winter line," Sharma said. | |
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