Posts tagged “haze

Smoky sunset on the prairie

 

The sun has taken on a strange appearance each of the last few evenings.  The smoke from the wildfires to the west was thick in the foothills west of Calgary last Thursday when I stopped along Highway 8.  The pink globe in the sky drew my attention and, once stopped, I enjoyed watching the small clouds drifting past.  This one looked like a dancing bull, or maybe a bison in full stride, as it charged across the sun.


A smoky sun and moon

Smoky moon - © Christopher Martin-4603

The forest fires in Washington are terribly frightening and I hope for rain and favourable winds to help the people down there.  Here in the Calgary area, the smoke has carried north which has left the skies hazy for the past week.

Smoky sun - © Christopher Martin-4280

In the morning, the sun glows red as it rises out of thickest part of the smoke just above the horizon.

Smoky moon silhouettes - © Christopher Martin-4625

At night, the moon’s color changes, seemingly with her mood, between gold, orange and red.

 


Evening in the Foothills

The light this evening was lovely and the lines of the hillsides of the Foothills towards Kananaskis Country looked like a water-colour painting.