James GleickI don’t know how to capture what it’s like in New York right now, but this is close.
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!