I'm sure many of you may have seen images of orange skies--reminiscent of Las Vegas--Blade Runner 2049--in the western U.S. from the wildfires there.
Well, 2,000 miles east, this is the result (web found images):
2-3 hours before sunset, the sun dims to a point you can stare directly at it. There are no vast panoramas of beautiful colors. Just a gray sky and a red dimming sun, which continues to dim till roughly an hour--or more--before sunset it vanishes, nothing more.
During the day, the azure skies are now a dingy gray to chalky white--once cleared some a dingy steel blue-gray. At night, the sky is bright gray (with everything on the ground brightened up, though dark contrasting significantly. On nights after it has cleared slightly, only directly above can you see the brightest stars...everything from roughly 45-degrees and down is blotted out.
When the haze is dense and low, except for the brightened night sky, even skyglow/light pollution is obscured, though the sky overall is brighter. Once it eases, the skyglow intensifies significantly over most nights.
2,000 miles away, your eyes and sinuses burn, you feel the sting on your skin, and in your throat and lungs.
Just a few things to consider when writing about our climate change future.
K2
P.S. EDIT: these results are what I've mentioned in other threads regarding the sky and it's effects in my dystopian story. Also note those kids playing soccer. Penetrating U.V. light (like during twilight) causes certain colors to intensify and become more vibrant, while others become muted. In my world, I'm also considering other issues which strip red-wavelength light, so also heap on how the sky and surroundings shift somewhat like when there is an intense storm (air seems green because red light is blocked, but some colors become vibrant).
Well, 2,000 miles east, this is the result (web found images):
2-3 hours before sunset, the sun dims to a point you can stare directly at it. There are no vast panoramas of beautiful colors. Just a gray sky and a red dimming sun, which continues to dim till roughly an hour--or more--before sunset it vanishes, nothing more.
During the day, the azure skies are now a dingy gray to chalky white--once cleared some a dingy steel blue-gray. At night, the sky is bright gray (with everything on the ground brightened up, though dark contrasting significantly. On nights after it has cleared slightly, only directly above can you see the brightest stars...everything from roughly 45-degrees and down is blotted out.
When the haze is dense and low, except for the brightened night sky, even skyglow/light pollution is obscured, though the sky overall is brighter. Once it eases, the skyglow intensifies significantly over most nights.
2,000 miles away, your eyes and sinuses burn, you feel the sting on your skin, and in your throat and lungs.
Just a few things to consider when writing about our climate change future.
K2
P.S. EDIT: these results are what I've mentioned in other threads regarding the sky and it's effects in my dystopian story. Also note those kids playing soccer. Penetrating U.V. light (like during twilight) causes certain colors to intensify and become more vibrant, while others become muted. In my world, I'm also considering other issues which strip red-wavelength light, so also heap on how the sky and surroundings shift somewhat like when there is an intense storm (air seems green because red light is blocked, but some colors become vibrant).
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