THIS is the spectacular moment tens of thousands of jellyfish carpet a touristic beach in the Canaries, giving it an unusual purple-blue colour.
The small blue jellyfish washed up all over the golden sand and took locals and tourists in Gran Canaria island by complete surprise.
In the striking video, the Playa del Cura beach in Gran Canaria can be seen carpeted with the peculiar-looking jellyfish.
The unusual phenomenon took place after a storm washed thousands of the creatures onto the shore.
The explosion in their numbershas been attributed to warming seas and increased pollution.
Jellyfish can thrive in areas with lower oxygen levels, where other animals suffer.
This comes as Spain has recently seen extreme weather events.
Just over a week ago, a the size of golf balls and torrential rain.
The streets of normally sunny Alhaurin el Grande were covered in ice and rain, which soon turned to hailstones and fast-flowing rivers of water – much to the surprise of residents and tourists.
The shocking video shows torrential rain pouring over the terrace of a cafe and hailstones plummeting a car and street, as filmed by the driver trapped inside.
A popular holiday hotspot in Spain was left in mid-March.
Devastating footage shows the swamped streets of a town in Costa Blanca after a hail storm and days of torrential rain left cars trapped in deep waters.
