Morning Walk and the Sun

Last Tuesday, I went on a morning walk before work and I noticed the sun looked different than it normally does.

Basically the West coast of the U.S. is on fire (literally) and the wind blew the smoke this way. 

The smoke we saw here in the East was so high up in the atmosphere that it didn't affect our air quality, but it still affected the way we saw the sun.

I must admit that I couldn't stop looking at it. I tried not to stare too much, though, because you know it's still the sun even if the smoke did make it look less bright.

I've seen pictures of what the sky looks like on the West Coast and it's crazy and apocalyptic looking. I hope people and their homes that are close to the fires stay safe.