(CNN) The Bay Area in California awoke Wednesday to a scene straight out of Mars. Orange and even red skies blanketed San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley, and ash rained down, with wildfires raging far in the distance. Both the Creek Fire and the North Complex Fire are burning more than 200 miles away, yet their presence could be felt in the Bay Area. "The particles in the air are refracting sunlight similar to the way small air particles do when the sun sets or rises." "I've lived in the Bay Area since 1988 and never experienced such doom coming from the sky."

Source: CNN September 09, 2020 21:59 UTC