Smoky skies, orange moon -- here's why
By Rossland Telegraph
For a larger version of the picture shown above, go to:
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/20170830-washington_0.jpg
This shows quite graphically why our sun and moon have been so orange these days, and why the smell of smoke has been so strong despite the lack of large fies nearby. The large fires are south-west of us, and their smoke is brought to us thanks to the wind direction.
Our part of the world is not alone in being afflicted with fires this year; Siberia is burning too, though we don't hear as much about that. Here's another image from NASA, showing massive smoke plumes from flaming forest lands in Russia.
To see this on the NASA website, go to:
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/russia.a2017220.0320.500m.jpg
Let us not forget the deadly fires in Portugal.
Fires. Floods. Don't we live in interesting times?
