Something VERY weird happened today...

First off, today was a weird day here to start with. Clear blue sky, bright intense sun and remarkably warm, especially since the past week has been very cold and always completely clouded.

But that's not the weirdest part. As I was driving home from work, stuck in traffic, complete standstill, and I noticed the sun being very intense, and as usual lately I could barely look into the direction of the sun.

Then suddenly, as I was trying to gaze at it, it lost all intensity for about 10 seconds. It was like looking at the moon! I could look directly at it, and the sky was completely cloudless. After 8-10 seconds the intensity was back like a light switch. I'm still having trouble accepting it, but that's what happened. To top it off, the guy standing in traffic in the car next to me saw it too ! We were signalling each other like WTF ???? To bad it happened so suddenly I didn't have the chance to record it on my phone.

Never seen this before in my life. What the HELL was that ??