By Kristen Rodman, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
March 1,2014; 6:12PM,EST
It was a week of contrast across the world, as skies held beauty and dumped rain in the United States and Europe, while in China the atmosphere carried potential health hazards.
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In
this picture made available Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, polar lights shine
in the sky above Guelper Havel river in Guelpe, northwest of Berlin,
Germany, Sunday, Feb. 2014. These northern lights are caused by a giant
cloud of electric particles of a sun storm in the Earth's atmosphere.
(AP Photo/dpa, Patrick Pleul)
Vehicles
clog a main highway during a sixth straight day of severe pollution in
Beijing Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Hazardous white pollution hid much of
Beijing's skyline Tuesday, despite announced closures or production cuts
at 147 of the city's industrial plants. Chinese characters on board
reads: "Smog weather, reduce going outside." (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Track
officials and car crew members look over the track during a rain delay
in the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona
International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014.
(AP Photo/John Raoux)
Some
green peaks out through ice in Stamford, Conn., on Monday, Feb. 24,
2014, as an early sign of spring. (Facebook/AccuWeather Fan "Hilkka")
On
Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, an ice jam created a wintry scene in western
Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. (Facebook Photo/Laura Kosht Ice)
On
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, asperatus clouds hovered over the Atlanta,
creating an ominous but bizarrely beautiful sky. (Twitter Photo/@Jeremy11alive).
On Social Media
Erik Pindrock
E_Pinny
GFS is advertising 4+ days of surface RH between 90-99% at UNV. If that's right we'll all be miserable. #lowclouds pic.twitter.com/FXtJ781ZEb
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Cory Mottice
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Rotation has tightened up and strengthened near Paramount, CA. Heading towards the Downey/Bell Gardens area. #cawx
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