Canada’s wildfire season is developing at an alarming rate this year, with blazes burning across the country. Smoke from dozens of wildfires in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Quebec has drifted south, shrouding much of the northeastern United States in a haze, and prompting the National Weather Service to issue several air-quality alerts. Gathered below, images of the fires in Canada, and the surreal skies caused by the drifting smoke.
Photos: Smoke From Canada’s Wildfires Drifts South
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![The Chrysler Building and other New York skyscrapers stand beneath an orange, smoky sky.]()
Read moreHeavy smoke fills the sky above the Chrysler Building in a view looking northeast from the Empire State Building as the sun sets in New York City on June 6, 2023. #
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![A small airplane flies past large clouds of smoke rising above a wildfire.]()
Read moreA small aircraft flies past a wildfire burning near Barrington Lake in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada, on May 31, 2023. #
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![A firefighter sprays water from a hose in a burned-out area of a forest.]()
Read moreAn Annapolis Royal firefighter, Jason Rock, sprays hot spots in the Birchtown area while tackling wildfires in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada, on June 3, 2023. #
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Read moreSPCA officer Sarah Young, of Yarmouth, and wildlife conservation officer Tim Locke, of Birchtown, load a pig into a van during wildfire evacuations in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, on June 3, 2023. #
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Read moreSmoke rises from a wildfire in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on May 28, 2023. #
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Read moreA collapsed bridge between Clyde River and Port Clyde smolders during a wildfire in Nova Scotia in this image released on May 31, 2023. #
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Read moreA view of the Olympic Stadium as Montreal is shrouded in haze on June 6, 2023, in Montreal, Canada. Environment Canada issued a smog advisory for the second day in a row. #
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Read moreIn this GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken on June 5, 2023, smoke from wildfires burning in Quebec, Canada (top center), is seen drifting southward. #
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![The torch in the hand of the Statue of Liberty is silhouetted by a reddish-colored sun.]()
Read moreThe sun is shrouded as it sets behind the Statue of Liberty in a hazy sky caused by smoke drifting into the northeastern U.S. from wildfires in Canada, on May 22, 2023, in New York City. #
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Read moreA view of hazy conditions above Yankee Stadium, resulting from Canadian wildfires, as Anthony Rizzo of the New York Yankees jogs to the dugout during the second inning against the Chicago White Sox in the Bronx borough of New York City on June 6, 2023. #
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![A view of the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol building through a hazy sky]()
Read moreSmoke from wildfires in Canada blankets the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2023. #
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Read moreHaze from northern wildfires obscures the rising sun as horses train ahead of the Belmont Stakes horse race on June 7, 2023, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. #
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Read moreA ferry passes the Statue of Liberty in a haze caused by wildfires in Canada, in New York on June 6, 2023. #
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![A view of a dark and smoky sky above Times Square]()
Read moreSmoke shrouds buildings in Times Square as the sun sets on June 6, 2023, in New York City. #
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![A reddish-colored sun is seen low in the sky, through hazy air above city streets.]()
Read moreThe Toronto skyline is seen from the CN Tower under a blanket of smoke as wildfires in Ontario and Quebec continue to burn, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 6, 2023. #
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Read moreSmoke contributes to a pink hazy sunset behind the CN Tower, seen from Cherry Beach in Toronto, Ontario, on June 6, 2023. #
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![A bird perches on a tree branch, silhouetted by a reddish-colored sun and hazy sky.]()
Read moreA bird perches on a branch, silhouetted by reddish-colored sunlight filtering through smoky haze and cloud cover above Natick, Massachusetts, on June 6, 2023. #
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![The Manhattan skyline stands shrouded in a haze.]()
Read moreThe Manhattan skyline stands shrouded in a haze on June 6, 2023, in New York City. #
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