quote Originally posted by rinselberg: CLICK FOR FULL SIZE "Orange Skies... Nothing but Orange Skies do I see..." I think of Wednesday, September 9, 2020, as The Day Without Sun. That's a photograph looking towards the Golden Gate Bridge (I think) that connects San Francisco with the land to the north, on the other side of the San Francisco Bay. I don't know the time of day for the photograph. If it was anything like it was here, close to San Jose, it could have been anytime during the day. From sunrise to sunset the sky was overcast with an orange-tinted haze from horizon to horizon. It seemed more like night than day. It never seemed to get any brighter outside, even as the morning gave way to afternoon. There were reports of people being momentarily confused, upon awakening, whether the time on their 12-hour clock was AM or PM. One father with a planetary sense of humor told his children that their neighborhood had been transported to the planet Mars during the night. It's the wildfires (of course) combined with winds that pushed the smoke to lower altitude as it moved it into the Bay Area. Thursday was kind of like Wednesday. I guess this is "cheating" because I did not take that photograph (it's from the LA Times) but I think the exceptionality of this report makes it excusable for me.

Yesterday, it was very hazy and overcast here....or so I thought. This morning, watching the local TV news, I learned that it is smoke from California. Four years ago, you guys tried to force Hillary on us, and now once again, you are blowing smoke up our azure skies. Cut it out, man!

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Part of Shanghai. That’s Hongqaio Airport with the bright light outline.

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