
Air quality warnings posted in Seattle.

Seattle from the air today, photo by Doug Kruhoeffer.
Glaciologist Mauri Pelto tweets this picture of haze high in the Cascade Range at Columbia Glacier.


Air quality warnings posted in Seattle.

Seattle from the air today, photo by Doug Kruhoeffer.
Glaciologist Mauri Pelto tweets this picture of haze high in the Cascade Range at Columbia Glacier.

It smells like delicious cured ham here in Ontario the last few days. Same smell in British Columbia 12 months ago before I moved home. It’s like Boy Scouts campfires again.
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