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‘Sunset on Mars.’ Smoke from California fires gives national parks ‘apocalyptic’ glow
Yosemite National Park — the nation’s fifth “most visited” national park — has taken on the qualities of an alien world as a 143,929-acre Creek Fire burns out of control 60 miles to the south.
The blaze has been growing out of control since Sept. 4, generating a blanket of smoke and ash that has displaced colors and transformed day into dusk at nearby state and national parks.
Yosemite has been among the hardest hit, based on photos shared on social media. All show the park’s once magnificent vistas have turned orange, dingy and “ominous.”
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