…a hot bright orange sphere beyond ours.

I was outside one night handing out Halloween candy, and every time I looked up the Moon was more orange. Finally I asked a couple of parents if they knew where the fire was, since we couldn’t smell smoke. When hubby and I went back in, you bet we turned on the TV to see what was up.

Your Moon looks downright bloody. Good photo.

but wildfires are rare. I saw and smelled smoke in southwestern Virginia while I was driving home to PA last Friday. The smoke rolled in to Lancaster yesterday morning, giving the town a rosy glow.

The moon was low in the sky when I took the shot. The hue has changed as it's gotten higher. I'm going out to take a another photo and will post if it's interesting.

(moon has been getting ready to set, being a few days after being full)

Good capture of the color intensity.

I tried taking a picture of it with my crappy phone camera, but the orange was washed out. That's a great shot.

Very dramatic color changes too.

Thanks for sharing.

We're now under a Code Red Air Quality Alert and a warning about an elevated risk of wildfires due to a combination of dry and breezy conditions. We also have abnormally dry to moderate drought conditions here.