Smoke from a Distant Fire

Skies during the past month or so have contained high altitude smoke particles, created from wildfires in the western parts of the US and Canada. Moon appearances, sunrises and sunsets have been enhanced by this smoke. The following images of mine are some examples of this. Above, a "Buck" full moon is shown at 10:51 pm CDT on Saturday, July 24, 2021. This image of the (98.4 %) full moon is a 1/250 second exposure at f/5.6, ISO 160, 300mm focal length. The Buck Moon name is associated with Native American observations of male deer, whose antlers are in full growing phases during this month.

8:06 pm CDT, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Sunset overlooking East Robins Road in Marion, Iowa.

8:17 pm. Similar view.

Sunset overlooking Bowman Woods Elementary School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at 7:51 pm CDT, Thursday, July 29, 2021.

7:56 pm. Sunset, as seen from the sledding hill at Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids.

8:02 pm. Similar view.

8:04 pm. Similar view. Official sunset was at 8:28 pm. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.