His co-worker, Matt Quiring, who also works part time at the Jasper Planetarium, said the smoke has made photographing the night sky particularly challenging. "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. The smoke allows photographers to get shots they would normally only get if it were foggy or misty, Gere added. "Everything looked really, really orange.

Source: CBC News August 19, 2018 18:11 UTC