No, these photos are not from the 1970s, they are from Tuesday and Wednesday.
New York City has been covered in a thick, hazy cloud of smoke from the Canadian wildfires for the past two days. Poor air quality alerts have been issued for the city and surrounding areas, and officials are advising residents not to spend time outdoors if it is not necessary.
Many people have been seen wearing masks while walking around as residents with heart or lung problems were encouraged to take all appropriate precautions.
And while the smoky air creates a clear health concern, even for those who don’t have any complications, it has also led to eerie images as a result of the orange glow of the sun and haze. Some of the images are reminiscent of New York City from decades ago, when the city dealt with pollution issues on a regular basis.
Here’s a glimpse of what the city has looked like in the past two days, with a strange doomsday vibe as residents grapple with a problem many haven’t faced in decades, if ever.
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NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 7: General view of foggy conditions resulting from the Canadian wildfires at Yankee Stadium before the game between the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees on June 7, 2023 in New York, NY. (New York Yankees Photo/Getty Images)
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JERSEY CITY, NJ – JUNE 7: Smoke engulfs the Brooklyn skyline behind the Statue of Liberty as the sun rises in New York City on June 7, 2023 as seen from Jersey City, NJ. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 6: Heavy smoke engulfs buildings around Times Square in a view looking north from the Empire State Building as the sun sets on June 6, 2023, in the City of NY. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, USA – JUNE 6: The downtown Manhattan skyline is shrouded in a reddish haze as a result of the Canadian wildfires on June 6, 2023 in New York City. More than 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec, prompting air quality health alerts for the Adirondacks, eastern Lake Ontario, central New York and western New York. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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JERSEY CITY, NJ – JUNE 7: Smoke continues to engulf the sun as it rises behind the Lower Manhattan skyline and One World Trade Center in New York City on June 7, 2023 as seen from the city of Jersey, NJ. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 6: People walk along the Brooklyn waterfront as a reddish haze shrouds the Manhattan skyline as a result of the Canadian wildfires on June 6, 2023 in New York City. More than 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec, prompting air quality health alerts for the Adirondacks, eastern Lake Ontario, central New York and western New York. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, USA – JUNE 6: The downtown Manhattan skyline is shrouded in a reddish haze as a result of the Canadian wildfires on June 6, 2023 in New York City. More than 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec, prompting air quality health alerts for the Adirondacks, eastern Lake Ontario, central New York and western New York. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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WEST NEW YORK, NJ – JUNE 7: Smoke continues to blanket the sun as it rises behind the Manhattan skyline in New York City on June 7, 2023 as seen from West New York, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, USA – JUNE 6: The downtown Manhattan skyline is shrouded in a reddish haze as a result of the Canadian wildfires on June 6, 2023 in New York City. More than 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec, prompting air quality health alerts for the Adirondacks, eastern Lake Ontario, central New York and western New York. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Images of the orange sky over Washington Heights, NYC, on June 7, 2023 from smoke from the Canadian wildfires. Photo: Anthony Payero.
2023-06-07 20:40:52
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