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Trapped pollution, caused by a temperature inversion, is plainly visible to the left, but obscured by the light of the sunset and the slope to the right.
Taken with Nikon D7500.
Smoke from Eastern British Columbia and Alberta (West of Edmonton and around Calgary), Canada.
Dozens of forest fires began recently after a bout with heat and continued dryness in these Canadian Provinces. The winds carried the smoke directly to the Denver Metro Area; nearly 1,300 miles to the Southeast of these fires.
Today the Air Quality Index (AQI) was so poor here, that Denver, Colorado was ranked in the top five cities of the world with the worst AQIs. It is easy to smell this smoke from the burning trees this far away. Edmonton, Alberta, for example, is ~1,255 miles (or ~2,020 km), from the Denver Metro area!
Praying for our Canadian neighbors' safety as they battle these fires. Trusting that the smoky air here will clear out soon.
forest fires from the North have filled the skies again with "Moderate" air quality (unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups)
As bad as we're having it the poor folks in New York City won the *prize* yesterday for the filthiest air on the planet ! Our Air Quality Index (AQI) was 207 when I took this shot this morning. Yesterday in NYC their AQI was 405...the highest reading ever recorded.
3:00PM UPDATE: WE ARE NOW AT CODE PURPLE : ((
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Smoke from Canadian Wildfires has made the air in New York City very hazy with the smell of smoke. I didn't go out yesterday when there was an eerie orange glow and we had the worst air quality in the world. Today was better and I was double masked for the short time I was outdoors. While this looks like a hot hazy summer day it's cool enough to wear a light jacket.
this is getting to be the new normal for summer here. forget camping in the mountains. you get to hide in your house like there is a pandemic of bad air out there.
Bad air in the Bay Area from the smoke of the fires burning around us. This air is actually clearer down low than it was earlier in the day, but the air up high was still brown.
Alviso, California.
I snapped this photograph yesterday. It shows a set of Rocky Mountain layers, usually crisp and colourful and proud, shrouded in smoke. That was yesterday, This morning, the smoke is so thick that these mountain layers are not visible at all.
The smoke in southern Alberta, Canada, where I live, is mostly from a massive fire near the historic mountain town of Jasper, in Jasper National Park, one of Canada's largest. Reports this morning suggest that much of the town is afire, that iconic structures such as the Jasper Park Lodge have already been significantly damaged. The situation is so dangerous that firefighters have had to retreat; the military have been called in.
There are hundreds of wildfires currently burning in western Canada and the northwest U.S. Most are the result of lightning strikes hitting parched forest floors, although some - and this is hard to believe - are the result of illegal campfires.
A sad heart day indeed.
As romantic as this picture may seem at first glance, it is an illusion.
This unique blue atmosphere is a mixture of ordinary morning fog and the smoke that prevailed in the wilderness due to the many fires in large parts of Canada. The amount of smoke is so enormous that it is regularly blown hundreds of kilometers away. This is accompanied by a noticeable strain on the respiratory tract for every living creature. The air pollutants are too high. Both PM10 and the finer PM 2.5 particles represent a major burden in terms of the intensity measured. Both the PM10 and finer PM2.5 particles pose a significant burden at the measured intensity. Due to the massive fires, I am left with only two options: first, to adjust and change my travel route, and second, to capture these threatening scenarios in pictures.
August 23rd, 2015 and the air quality here west of the Cascade Mountains was very poor due to rampaging wildfires east of the mountains. It did make for a stunning sunset, however.
As an added bonus, I picked up sunspots in the photo with only my 100mm lens. I had previously captured some accidentally with my 400mm lens: www.flickr.com/photos/18092121@N00/5109319595/in/photolis...
Here's a link to a short video I found on Youtube correlating the sunspots: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pf9kR1pWqw
This is mostly nonsense; but when the photo gods give you a ton of heat haze, you just have to go with it.
Urgency !!!
We got a Contamination here in little world ! CSI Team did their job already but has left without cleaning the crime scene. Therefore we do have this special operations team. We all know this will be a hards job...but someone has to do it !
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Global warming? or just another bad fire season caused by dry-hot conditions in the BC interior. The smoke has blanketed two-thirds of the province and has drifted as far south to the lower mainland and our neighbours in Washington state. Worst fire season in nearly 60 years.
Well, certainly everyone in the World has heard about our catastrophic wildfires, currently raging in California and Oregon. This is what the skies look like when the winds blow the right way. Nearest fire to our little cabin is about 40 miles away.
Soft blue haze looks like “Smoky” over Great Smoky Mountaintops..
Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
Tennessee
Last week. It's looking better now, but we can't cheer yet. Continuing bad air is in the forecast, perhaps for months, until the rains begin in October/November.
Explore Apr 20, 2020 #362
I love the fragile filaments upholding yellow orange pollen covered stamens. The leaves form a perfect cup for accumulating water drops. And the purple surrounding edges. A simple groundcover that is simply beatutiful.
Tradescantia pallida is a species of spiderwort commonly known as Wandering Jew, though it cannot be said when, where, or by whom it was first called this. But, considering the term's negative connotation, it would be safe to assume the originator's intent was not to highlight the plant's more favorable qualities. Other common names include Purple Heart and Purple Queen.
T. pallida can be primarily described as an evergreen scrambling perennial plant distinguished by elongated, pointed leaves - themselves glaucous green, fringed with red or purple - and bearing small, sterile three-petaled flowers of white, pink or purple.
Widely used as an ornamental plant in gardens and borders as a ground cover, hanging plant, or - particularly in colder climates where it cannot survive the winter season - houseplant, it is propagated easily by cuttings (the stems are visibly segmented and roots will frequently grow from the joints). It is shade-tolerant and can thrive in a wide range of soil conditions where it has not been intentionally cultivated and carefully maintained. In areas throughout the southern United States and Australia, it is considered an invasive weed and has defied many attempts at control or eradication.
As a houseplant, T. pallida is exceptionally effective at improving indoor air quality by filtering out Volatile Organic Compounds, a class of common pollutants and respiratory irritants, via a process known as phytoremediation.
Tradescantia pallida, Wandering Jew, Purple Heart, Purple Queen
Biscayne Park, FL
Wildfire smoke drifted into the area, creating hazy skies and poor air quality. The usual vibrant colors of Moraine Lake were muted, but it gave a whole new mood perfect for black-and-white photography. - Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Canada (2017)
There’s nothing special about this picture, just a testimonial for trees, I unconditionally love and cherish. I have lived, since early childhood, far from cities surrounded by trees and nature, I have also been to school and later worked in cities where buildings replaced trees and so learned to like cities.
I naturally developed a passion for two subjects, when I started photography, nature and street photography that I have regularly practiced from early seventies till mid nineties. I then moved, with my little family, to a small town in south east of France, closer to nature I cherish and care for. As street photography is not easy to practice in a small town where anyone can be recognized I have focused on nature and landscape.
I much enjoy looking at street photographer's galleries to discover trends, new talents and I'm happy to know that it has a large audience especially since the discovery of Vivian Maier's forgotten roll films, a talent that emulated in new comers and still does.
Looks differently when viewed large. For so press F11 and left click.
TD : 1/500 f/8 ISO 400 @200 mm
I took this a few months ago as we headed off on a short road trip. The day was crystal clear around town when we left, but as we got into the plentiful pine forests that surround Mount Gambier, the atmosphere changed rapidly. This is just pine tree pollen! We do get our annual dose of it around town depending on the wind direction and it gets in everywhere. Our car inside a garage still gets a thin yellow layer overnight. The hay fever tablets get plenty of use too! Thankfully, the air cleared as soon as we left the forest area and we breathed easy once more.
The Canadian wildfire season began early and continues to burn. It has become the worst season on record. As a result poor air quality and muddy/murky light have claimed the skies over Canada, northern United States and has even reached Europe.
Two fires erupted last week in San Fernando Valley near Sylmar and Northridge, smokes stayed around Los Angeles basin for a couple days. Took this shot from a saturday morning hike near hollywood hills, view of downtown L. A. skyline.
One year ago this month October 2007 the first wildfire broke and went out of control.
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Not fog - this was the pall of smoke that covered Vancouver from the wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington. During that time, Vancouver was recorded as having the worst air quality in the world. It made me think so much of all the people enduring the actual fires and areas beyond!.
We had two clear sky days and we are now back to smoke haze due to fires in New Jersey.
This photo was taken with low light to show the sun's true color. 6:30 a.m.
A CGI backdrop for a sci-fi dystopian movie? Unfortunately not. Is this our future? I hope not. While this is the worst we have seen to my knowledge, the unhealthy smoke-filled air trend for urban areas for some duration in summer here in the Pacific Northwest is becoming more common. This should greatly concern us all.
Photo: Portland, Oregon 9/12/20. Air quality index 400+. While you can say these are artistic photos it's worth noting I consider these more documentary photos which means there really is almost no processing. I kept the color profile neutral from the camera to what you see here.
8:30 in the morning. We send the drone up to get the bad news. Smoke from the Beachie Creek, Lionshead and Riverside forest fires creeps into Oregon City, Oregon. We now have the most dangerous air on the planet. Imagine that. September 10, 2020.
The high technology of satellites reveals the artistic side of natural phenomena: this outstanding shot has been taken by a Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite, capturing the large swirl (thousands of km) formed by the saharan dust coming from Africa and flying over the ocean, then engulfing the Canary Islands. But a closer look will also reveal the green swirls and filaments painted by the algal blooms along the african coasts
8am. We are having a truly strange moment just now. Smoke from wildfires is blowing over the Bay Area at a high altitude. Our ground air remains "OK", while the sky looks like this!!! Very unsettling. . . . . It looks more like 10pm than am here!
Dorothy Carnes Park, outside Fort Atkinson, was blanketed with smoke and haze from the Canadian wildfires. Not the best air quality for a hike.
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, USA
Holiday Scandinavia 2019
De gekte van het Geirangerfjord. 3 grote cruiseschepen, met veel toeristen die het piepkleine dorpje helemaal onder de voet lopen.
Pffff.... niet zo goed voor het milieu lijkt me..:(
The madness of the Geirangerfjord. 3 large cruise ships, with many tourists walking the tiny village all over.
Pffff .... not so good for the airquality I presume...:(
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I acquired this slightly questionable minifig at Brickworld Chicago (from a “seconds” bin at a custom minifig maker). I don’t know if it’s really scratch and sniff - see the photo of her back - but if you did, you’d smell smoke. Canadian wildfire smoke is back with a vengeance. The sky today was milky white with smoke and you could smell it very strongly. The air quality reached a value of 164 which is classified as “very unhealthy”.