How can smoke from West Coast fires cause red sunsets in New York?

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How can smoke from West Coast fires cause red sunsets in New York?

A red hazy sunset over Indiana caused by wildfire smoke from the Western U.S. SOPA Images/LightRocket va Getty ImagesIf you are one of the millions of people in the Midwest and Eastern U.S. who turned your gaze toward the sky recently, you may have noticed the Sun shining through an odd, milky haze. This widespread opaque veil was caused not by clouds, but rather by smoke from wildfires in the Western U.S.The smoke was cruising by in the middle …