Bob CollinsIt was a beautiful sunset last night.
A good night on the water… pic.twitter.com/Nxhtswe50Y
— Dan Kenney (@mspDan) June 9, 2015
The haze from the wildfires in Canada plus Rayleigh scattering make beautimous #sunsets!! #mnwx pic.twitter.com/ACGtqyy4H6
— Megan Mulford (@yourmetmegan) June 9, 2015
The irony isn’t lost on us that the beauty of sunrises and sunsets often depends on filth — pollution and smoke, mostly.
This is one of those times.
“With northwest winds (Monday), the smoke was carried southeastward into the Northland,” the Weather Service reported online, according to the Duluth News Tribune. “The smoke is far up in the atmosphere and you may not even be able to smell it, but it is causing the yellowish hue to the sky.”
Smoke from the fires in Saskatchewan is heaviest over northern Minnesota…
The heaviest smoke from the Canadian wildfires is currently located over Northern MN and WI. #MNWX #WIWX #firewx pic.twitter.com/Pr8vkSUrUr
— NWS Duluth (@NWSduluth) June 9, 2015
… and it’s moving east.
Thickest smoke layer now east of La Crosse, WI and moving east. Our webcam shows it well. #wiwx pic.twitter.com/x88CgEYDnB
— NWS La Crosse (@NWSLaCrosse) June 9, 2015
Closer to the source, things aren’t so pretty. Residents in northern Saskatchewan are fleeing their homes in the path of the wildfires.
