The images of the most famous skyscrapers in the world under an orange mist have gone around the world.
But for those who live and work in New York City, it was a grim and troubling sight to witness firsthand.
“The sky took on a yellowish hue that didn’t look natural, and then it darkened,” building supervisor Anthony Galasso, who works in the Bronx, told the BBC.
According to New Yorkers, those who tend to look up are tourists. But on Wednesday afternoon, even the locals were raising their heads to take a look.
And for many it was the opportunity to record one of the most photographed cities in a different way.
“It smelled like someone was cooking on a barbecue,” Nicha Suaittiyanon, a 30-year-old tourist from Thailand, told AFP.
As Canadian firefighters try to control the 400 wildfires across the country, smoke has spread across eastern North America.
In New York, authorities have warned of possible health risks from air quality.
In the same way, low visibility has caused hundreds of flights to be delayed this Thursday morning in the US.
Some 100 million people in North America are at risk from the possible effects of the smoke cloud.
Experts point out that a warmer and drier than normal spring explains the fires in Canada. These conditions are expected to continue throughout the summer.
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