Smoke on the water...again.

Once again, a summer of forest fires.  It has been brutal.  This is a photo taken on Sunday morning (Aug 19, 2018).  This is the view from my mom's balcony, looking out across the lake.  At the bottom of the photo, you can see the roofs of the houses just below us on the beach.   Note the colour of the sky, and the total absence of background.  Is it sky?  Is it water?

Just for comparative purposes, here is pretty much the same view on an august evening in 2016 (you can see the roofs of the houses at the bottom of the photo).   The sky was full of clouds while the sun was setting, but you can still see that there IS a lake, and there IS a mountain over there .



So for those who are wondering how thick the air is with smoke from the forest fires?   Just scroll back up and look at the first photo.   Amazing.  Terrifying.