On Wednesday night, the sky of Mildura, an Australian town located in the state of Victoria, was dyed with a strange pink light. Reflected by the clouds, the event visually had nothing to envy to movies and series dedicated to encounters of the third kind.
“It was very strange. I was on the phone with my mother and my father said it was the end of the world,” says the British newspaper. The Guardian Tammy Szumowski, a resident of the city. “The children’s imaginations were carried away and, of course, the subject of aliens was brought up,” says Alexadra Talent, also from Mildura.
medical marijuana
Finally, the pharmaceutical company Cann Group offered a much more rational explanation. The pink light came from one of his companies, where many cannabis plants are grown for medicinal purposes.
“Cannabis plants need different spectrums of light to stimulate their growth,” explained Rhys Cohen, a communicator who works for the company.
To carry out their photosynthesis, cannabis plants use broader frequencies of light than those perceptible to the human eye.
The particularly enthusiastic local administration
Does this mean that the inhabitants of Mildura will have to learn to live with this strange light? “Normally the farm is equipped with airtight curtains that are lowered after dark. They will block out light in the future,” Cann Group said.
“The folks at Sunraysia were treated to a little light show last night when we tested one of the new grow areas at our facility. We can confidently say it wasn’t a solar flare or interdimensional portal,” Cann Group joked on Twitter.
Despite this minor but particularly photogenic incident, Anne Webster, a federal representative from the Mallee area, where Mildura is located, remains particularly enthusiastic about exploiting cannabis.
“It’s an exciting place. Cannabis cultivation is very interesting because of the way it uses light. Accelerating the growth cycle is particularly amazing. (…) I can’t wait for other innovative growers to come to the region and bring your glitter with them,” he told the guardian.
This is not the first time that the people of Mildura have seen their sky dyed a specific color. In 2019, a frontal sandstorm plunged the city into a red twilight.
Source: BFM TV
