“Even those stars that are visible, the smoke lowers the contrast so you don’t get black, black skies,” Quiring lamented. Quiring said mountains in Jasper that are usually beautifully detailed with trees on the ridgelines have turned into silhouettes. “It gives it a unique layered effect.”It was surreal last week when smoke rolled in at Maligne Lake, he said. “Everything looked really, really orange. It was like a perpetual sunset.”He wishes the smoke would go away, but realizes it could be a lot worse.

Source: thestar August 19, 2018 17:37 UTC