Watch: stunning video of winter in Dubai

The time-lapse video captures the city during rain, fog and also purple lightning storms

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Dubai: This year’s winter in the UAE was definitely a photo-worthy one, as the country witnessed everything from snow and rain to heavy fog and lightning storms.

Professional photographer Teemu Jarvinen took the time to capture Dubai in all its winter glory, and recorded a three-minute time-lapse video of the city’s towering skyscrapers.

The video, which was posted on You Tube on April 4, 2017, was accompanied with the caption: “During the winter months, residents of Dubai get to enjoy rain, fog and even thunderstorms. This is a montage of my best shots over the winter period of late 2016 and early 2017…”

Jarvinen created the montage, which has started to gather the interest of social media users in the region. The video clip shows the Dubai Marina, the towering Burj Khalifa and The Palm in a number of scenes that will simply take your breath away. 

Here are some other noteworthy photos and videos of winter in the UAE, which went viral on social media: 

And who can forget this Instagram post, taken by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.

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