Although Maine had had huge fires in the past, this is the view that is more impressive than the one I saw yesterday looking east. What I saw was a huge cloud of smoke billowing up between 2 peaks, this was taken about 2 hours away from me through a mountain pass.
This is looking towards the east through a pass in the Cascade Range of mountains. Portland, where I am is much greener than that side of the range because the Cascades comb out most of the moisture and it curled up and back to us.
Meanwhile our sky is obscured and the trees at the back of my property are in a haze. I gather that not only are we getting the smoke from the fires out east, but also dust from a dust storm the winds have kicked up on the other side of the Cascades where they have a lot of it.
Be well, all.
OMG! I am so sorry to see this. If I didn’t know the cause I would have been freaked out! Stay safe!