When the skies over the Tokai region turned pink on the evening of May 30, Twitter users immediately went outdoors and took pictures of the unusual twilight, duly uploading them online.
Before long, they were being featured on the Twitter compilation site, Togetter.com. Below, we bring you a selection of their tweets and dramatic twitpics.
From Togetter.com:
The Skies Over The Tokai Region Are Pink!
mizyukem:
The sky is pink!
HkLv5:
The sky is the colour pink ~(b゚ェ゚o)
slipper3125:
In Nagoya atm*
The sky is pink!(*’▽’*)
rose_minorinn:
s_tgmd:
Mie is pink too!!!
puchitono:
Everyone’s saying the sky’s gone pink.
kazudreamkazu:
Seems like the sky over Nagoya is pink. The sky over Kyoto is also kinda pink.
2yuumen16:
The Nagoya sky is pink. http://t.co/0wAmpGVfCj
S2taetaeS2:
The train is delayed (´・_・`)
The sky is completely pink. Ominous. http://t.co/Xk09D0GzDB
Haru_yym:
The sky in Meieki is pink! http://t.co/r8OUhULWKK
ichae6:
Outside everything is dyed completely pink! Strange skies! http://t.co/KmkAy9Aaih
nakanun68:
Pink!! Amazing..http://t.co/GpU07QCGM5
u161_:
The sky is TERA pink http://t.co/1gl69XsEJ9
Chr0707:
The sky is pink ♡♡ I really wanna go for a walk now (゚∀゚) http://t.co/xBSuiXTtLd
mk69_:
The sky is pink (<●>ω<●>) http://t.co/fWBQ7OR03Q
yasking812:
The sky has been pink for a while!!! RT if you think it’s beautiful http://t.co/ebfYk0OVEI
Atyotyooo:
A pink sky ♪ http://t.co/XPLOCQDa3E
karochinn:
The sky is pink〜 http://t.co/5p7X5AcW0a
loveandfaith1g:
Pink sky ♡ http://t.co/8qh2wTZdAX
yamamami8:
The sky was pink.
By the way, this picture has no filter either http://t.co/Alm5s31Tqx
13k8k2:
For real! It’s pink http://t.co/udn1BkWkM0
bknb_biglove:
The sky is pink! Spooky! http://t.co/7kZ9aJKMXr
lk_azs:
Outside is pink (笑) http://t.co/RQZIgySqWz
kouaki0616:
When I went outside after my classes hand finished, the sky was pink, isn’t that bad? http://t.co/LF2T3kF7Jw
eRiKo_u:
The sky’s pink * http://t.co/nsfj6Slgnd
mnlg_haruka:
The sky is a pink colour http://t.co/pFaVNDZEgD
aya_soragakirei:
I didn’t use a filter at all!
Right now, at this moment the sky is…pink. What’s more, it’s kind of a dark, dirty pink http://t.co/0YIRzKbk1z