PHOTO GALLERY: Smoke from western wildfires leads to weird-looking moon, sun at times Smoke filters out the sunlight, giving it a distinct orange and red appearance Angela Garcia - Mill Mountain
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Tena Greear - Blue Ridge
Jacob Dillon - Hollins
Tanya Breese - Roanoke
Tanya Breese - Roanoke
Candace Markham - Covington
Dustin Parker - Rockbridge County
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Alex McPherson - New Castle
Sandy Mccrae - Salem
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Chelle Weems - Boones Mill
Gail Brehm - Pearisburg
Sandy Mccrae - Salem
Rose Williams - Keysville
Jessie Williams - New Castle
Emma Nicely - Pete's Cave/North Mountain
Tripp Curry - Covington
Tripp Curry - Covington
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Mindy Armstrong - Highland County
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Ann Chorpening - Laurel Fork
Christy McClanahan - Tazewell
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Courtney Green - Roanoke
Lvonne Hurst - Rural Retreat
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Angela Garcia - Mill Mountain
We’ve been tracking smoke from wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and western Canada for the last few days. That smoke has been lofted thousands of feet into the air and shoved east.
Now, we’re seeing the haze associated with it in southwest and central Virginia.
This is also helping to create some odd-looking sunrises and sunsets in our area. When smoke is present, it scatters and filters out sunlight, creating an orange/red disk appearance at the beginning or end of the day.
How smoke can add to more reds and oranges at sunrise and sunset You can see that in a picture that I took outside the TV station early Wednesday morning.
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