Orange celestial objects explained
The sun was orange on Tuesday evening, and I also noticed that the moon, in its first quarter, was a startling reddish orange. It’s blamed on the smoke from wildfires on the prairies.
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MarcG 19:25 on 2025-06-04 Permalink
Apparently the air quality was fine, though, I wonder how that works.
Kate 19:38 on 2025-06-04 Permalink
The smoke may be high enough not to be affecting ground‑level air quality. We’re a long way from the prairies.
MarcG 06:54 on 2025-06-06 Permalink
I guess gravity is doing its thing, the air quality is trash this morning.
Ian 10:22 on 2025-06-06 Permalink
I had read that wildfire smoke from the prairies was travelling in the jetstream all the way across the Atlantic.
There are, of course, different strata in the atmosphere.