Smoke gets in our skies for air quality

August 15, 2003
Source: Calgary Herald
Original story - link verified on August 15, 2003
By Kerry Williamson

“It can be seen from outer space, slowly creeping over our city like something from a science fiction movie. As it edges its way over the mountains and across the prairies, it cloaks the Rockies in shadow, turns the sky orange, and leaves the sun looking like a giant ball hanging in the evening sky.”

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