James GleickI don’t know how to capture what it’s like in New York right now, but this is close.
Tim Verstynen@JamesGleick Blade Runner was off by just a few years.
Enema Cowboy@JamesGleick I didn't know we colonized planets orbiting Arcturus.
John G Fitzgerald@JamesGleick New Smog, New Smog. So smelly they named it twice. 😂
Alex Strasheim@JamesGleick My camera's phone doesn't capture the golden color as well as the photo you posted, but that's what it looks like.
Eric Domond@astrashe @JamesGleick Hello from Alberta, Canada where we have been going through this phenomenon for several summers now!
The reason many digital cameras have trouble capturing the orange is because of the auto-white balance (AWB) that cameras attempt to apply. They try to “guess” what true white would be in an image based on what’s in the frame. We discovered that during these events, the camera effectively “can’t believe” that it’s as orange as our eyes see, so it overcorrects.
@ericdomond @JamesGleick That's interesting, thank you!
LiemPong_pagong@ericdomond @astrashe @JamesGleick
even cameras are gaslighting us.
Camera: No it doesn't look like that, this is what it looks like (shows white balanced image)
i.grok@ericdomond @astrashe @JamesGleick if you dig through your settings, you can probably turn it off, though you may have to switch into manual/pro mode, depending on your camera
periplum 🇺🇦@JamesGleick For us in California, this looks familiar.
Silvia Rasmussen@periplum @JamesGleick true and very sad.
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Wiktor - wikiyu@JamesGleick is it apocalypse or sth like?
SylvainNah, just any normal day from now on.
But this is only temporary, mind you. Between deforestation and wildfires, in a few years there should not be much forests left to burn so we should be ok then.
Peter Gleick@JamesGleick Horrible.
@petergleick Well I know you Californians have already been through it. But it’s intense. So pervasive.
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Not My Job@JamesGleick @petergleick Waving to you from Australia.
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Dustin@JamesGleick @Gargron that is horrible! It was that bad a few weeks ago in Colorado when the Canada fires were blowing directly into our state. I hope the wind shifts soon and they get the fires out!
Mark@JamesGleick I live in Connecticut and when I step outside today, the air smells like the fire could be in the next street over.
Erin Kissane@JamesGleick I'm so sorry you're in it.
There's—rightly—a lot of attention to trying to physically protect people from the smoke, but there's a very strong psychological effect as well that seems…much less attended to, especially when it lasts for more than a few days. The primal danger signals inherent in light like that + the climate doom feelings is just a lot.
Jef Poskanzer@kissane @JamesGleick When California had our orange day in 2020 I went out at noon to take some photos and then came home and went back to bed.
Samhain Night@jef @kissane @JamesGleick We had several orange days in my part of CA. Confused the hell out of the dogs.
Old Hippie Ⓥ@JamesGleick It has begun clearing in the Finger Lakes region. Still smells like fire though.
Thomas H Jones II@JamesGleick
Reminds me of the pictures some friends sent us from California a year or so ago. Theirs was redder, though.
Reminds me of the pictures some friends sent us from California a year or so ago. Theirs was redder, though.
JR@JamesGleick Worst air quality in the world. NYC is back!
C0ppertop@JamesGleick
THE CITY OF TOMORROW
THE CITY OF TOMORROW
Monospark@JamesGleick it’s like a scene from Blade Runner 2049!
Mike Cohen@JamesGleick Been there done that here in Seattle! I purchased an air purifier two years ago because of our seasonal smoke both from our own fires and from Canadian. I changed the filter last fall and it was BLACK!!! Get and air purifier and stay indoors. This too shall pass…wear your N95 when you go outside ❤️❤️👵
enmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉@JamesGleick experienced that in SF a few years back, its frickin' crazy! Pantone color: "End of Times"
stevenray@JamesGleick we had days like that in San Francisco a couple of years back. You have my sympathy.
lolonurse@JamesGleick
The color is off... needs a dab of grey and a dollop of ochre.
The color is off... needs a dab of grey and a dollop of ochre.
hex@JamesGleick for anyone dealing with smoke season for the first time, or anyone who would just like some more resources, some Seattle folks threw together some resources in 2019.
@JamesGleick The trump scourage is now atmospheric.
Felipe 
Nothing Makes Sense Anymore (Official Video) - Mike Shinoda
Bert Latamore@JamesGleick Wow! That is bad. The smoke reached us in northwest VA today. I was at a meeting in town earlier this evening, and driving home it was like a light fog. I will have to get out my masks for the weekend to fend off the particulates.
JD🌊@JamesGleick just like California in September 2020. This was taken around 10AM Sept. 9.
TK@JamesGleick
So this is what the apocalypse looks like.
So this is what the apocalypse looks like.
Marcus Adams@JamesGleick Holy shit, this looks like the dust storms we went through in Iraq, or maybe even worse. This is crazy.
Stéphane Charette 🇨🇦@JamesGleick On the west coast, we've been experiencing this every summer for ~20 years now. It is interesting how much it is in the news this year now that it has hit the east coast.
🍉 –Hans Bot– 🙃@JamesGleick Apocalyptic
PrinceOfDenmark@JamesGleick Deepest sympathies from San Francisco. It is nuts and awful and we would not wish it on anyone.
Patrick Stewart@JamesGleick hang on out there.
R0bertCalif0rnia559@JamesGleick you can totally tell these east coast pussies are totally not used to wildfires. What are you scared?? Welcome to what it's like to live in Our World bitches. You pussies could NEVER SURVIVE
Afterpants@JamesGleick
In Beijing, we used to get sandstorms once a year or so. It looked exactly like this.
In Beijing, we used to get sandstorms once a year or so. It looked exactly like this.
FeedMe Doughnuts@JamesGleick That’s a view similar to China for the last 15 years. Enjoy.
@JamesGleick we warned you all in 2019 🔥🔥🔥🦘🇦🇺
Reay Jespersen@JamesGleick “Sorry aboot that, eh?”
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