Blue Hills Observatory captures image of smoke from California fires

On Tuesday, the Blue Hills Observatory tweeted an image of smoke from the California fires, dimming the sun all the way in Milton.

Good Tuesday morning from Blue Hill! This morning we’re greeted by a rather impressive smoke layer up around 25,000 feet. It’s doing an effective job of dimming the sun. This picture was taken about 2 hours after sunrise! pic.twitter.com/2SHdqRdUtx

— BlueHill Observatory (@bhobservatory) September 15, 2020

The smoke layer was significantly thicker as seen from Seattle:

(Seattle is over 3,000 miles away.)

A bit of a surreal view from Crystal Mountain this evening as smoke remains entrenched over the lowlands with higher clouds from an approaching weather system visible above. #wawx pic.twitter.com/czumJT4VKz

— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) September 15, 2020

This satellite image from Sept 7th shows how the wind is carrying the smoke, yes, all the way to Milton:

Updating this thread with last visible satellite frames before sunset. A truly stunning perspective, w/massive wind-driven fires & large dust storm in Washington/Oregon, & vast extent of wildfire smoke extending continuously from California to Kansas. Wow. #CAwx #ORwx #WAwx #COwx https://t.co/iYP0eclCQ0 pic.twitter.com/bR48yTNerj

— Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) September 8, 2020