Sunday, August 06, 2017

Hazy Sun Through Smoky Sky

We have so much smoke in the air these days that it is actually reducing the amount of sunshine we get. They tell us the smoke is coming from British Columbia wildfires but the air doesn't smell like smoke at all. I think at least half of this air pollution is just smog from automobile traffic. I took this photo of the sun at about 6:13 AM yesterday (Aug 5, 2017). Looking directly at the sun with the naked eye was no problem since all of the UV is being blocked out by the air pollution. Looking at the hills in the distance I estimate the visibility here is less than one mile.
Last night there was a nearly full moon. It was high in the sky and very dark orange as well.

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