A good chunk of Eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon are all on fire. The smoke has accumulated over Seattle.

This is the sun. This is ash falling from the sky. This is...heckin' creepy​, honestly.

Second time this summer.

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I am reminded of the images of the same area in... 1980? When Mt. St. Helens erupted

Not quite as much ash this time but still effing scary and bad for the lungs. Protect them!

@ThatDamnCat Yeah, I've seen other folks mentioning that eruption too. That sounded real scary to have been living up here at that time.
(I was in California then, and only a few months old.)

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I was like 7 and I was in Texas, but my dad was up there taking pictures.

Crazy time.

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