Hazy sky.

[orbitaldiamonds]

This is how I saw it from outside, taken with the flash off.


Taken from my office window before going out.






Taken with the flash.






No, that's not the moon, or the sun going down. Just a dot. Is why I took the next one, just to be sure. For a second there, I thought the flash had caught the sun through all the smoke.



Edit, evening of Aug. 5th: Lordy, the smoke is even worse now. I had to go around and shut all my windows. Dammit, I was hoping to wait until it started snowing to do that, but it was irritating my eyes and nose. Bet the stores are doing a brisk trade in eye drops.

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Comments

[jamapanama]

Those are really neat. Looks really apocalyptic. Watch out for zombies!

[orbitaldiamonds]

Uh-oh, zombies! And it's not winter yet!

And while it makes for pretty pictures, it's not good to breathe, and as of now there are 70+ fires with over two and a half million acres burned.

[jamapanama]

Showed your pics to my step-fam, who lived in Anchorage, they send their love and say you should be given a free vacation to the lower 48 for the winter.

[orbitaldiamonds]

Please tell them I appreciate it, and that I second them on the vacation! (Though I'd have preferred it last winter when I was on my own. I'm glad to have Chris coming home soon, but he wouldn't be able to spend the whole winter in the lower 48. :P)

[missstewart]

Very pretty, if you don't know there are fires.

[orbitaldiamonds]

Indeed. And if you can't smell it. It stings the eyes and nose.