AP PHOTOS: From NYC’s skyline to Washington DC’s monuments, wildfire haze envelopes familiar sites
AP PHOTOS: From NYC’s skyline to Washington DC’s monuments, wildfire haze envelopes familiar sites
The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
People wear face masks as they walk outside in the smoke-filled air in Herald Square, Wednesday, June. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
People wear face masks as they walk outside in the smoke-filled air in Herald Square, Wednesday, June. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
In this GOES-16 GeoColor and fire temperature satellite image taken Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 6:40 p.m. EDT and provided by CIRA/NOAA, smoke from wildfires burning in the Canadian Provinces of Quebec, right, and Ontario, left, drift southward. (CIRA/NOAA via AP)
In this GOES-16 GeoColor and fire temperature satellite image taken Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 6:40 p.m. EDT and provided by CIRA/NOAA, smoke from wildfires burning in the Canadian Provinces of Quebec, right, and Ontario, left, drift southward. (CIRA/NOAA via AP)
In a view toward Brooklyn, boats maneuver the East River near the Manhattan Bridge, left, and Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Alyssa Goodman)
In a view toward Brooklyn, boats maneuver the East River near the Manhattan Bridge, left, and Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Alyssa Goodman)
A commuter steps into the subway as smoke from wildfires in Canada partially obscure One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Daniel P. Derella)
A commuter steps into the subway as smoke from wildfires in Canada partially obscure One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Daniel P. Derella)
A jogger trots under haze blanketing over the Reflecting Pool with the Washington Monument seen at a distance, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A jogger trots under haze blanketing over the Reflecting Pool with the Washington Monument seen at a distance, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A pedestrian walks past the smoke and haze shrouded New York Stock Exchange building in New York City Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
A pedestrian walks past the smoke and haze shrouded New York Stock Exchange building in New York City Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
In this aerial image, an aircraft, center, flies near a wildfire burning near Barrington Lake in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (Communications Nova Scotia/The Canadian Press via AP)
In this aerial image, an aircraft, center, flies near a wildfire burning near Barrington Lake in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (Communications Nova Scotia/The Canadian Press via AP)
A firefighter directs water on a grass fire on an acreage behind a residential property in Kamloops, British Columbia, Monday, June 5, 2023. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
A firefighter directs water on a grass fire on an acreage behind a residential property in Kamloops, British Columbia, Monday, June 5, 2023. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
Department of Natural Resources and Renewables firefighters Walter Scott, left, and Zac Simpson work on a fire in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia onThursday, June 1, 2023. (Communications Nova Scotia /The Canadian Press via AP)
Department of Natural Resources and Renewables firefighters Walter Scott, left, and Zac Simpson work on a fire in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia onThursday, June 1, 2023. (Communications Nova Scotia /The Canadian Press via AP)
A firefighter directs water on a grass fire burning on an acreage behind a residential property in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, on Monday, June 5, 2023. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
A firefighter directs water on a grass fire burning on an acreage behind a residential property in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, on Monday, June 5, 2023. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
In this aerial image, collapsed bridge between the Clyde River and Port Clyde as wildfires burn in Nova Scotia, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 . (Communications Nova Scotia/The Canadian Press via AP)
In this aerial image, collapsed bridge between the Clyde River and Port Clyde as wildfires burn in Nova Scotia, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 . (Communications Nova Scotia/The Canadian Press via AP)
Haze blankets over monuments on the National Mall in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, as seen from Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Haze blankets over monuments on the National Mall in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, as seen from Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Haze from northern wildfires obscures the rising sun as horsemen ride their mounts towards the track ahead of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Haze from northern wildfires obscures the rising sun as horsemen ride their mounts towards the track ahead of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
New York Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt pitches to Chicago White Sox’s Tim Anderson during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
New York Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt pitches to Chicago White Sox’s Tim Anderson during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
An aerial view shows New York City in a haze-filled sky from the Empire State Building observatory, Wednesday, June. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
An aerial view shows New York City in a haze-filled sky from the Empire State Building observatory, Wednesday, June. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Smoke haze wraps around the One Vanderbilt building, Wednesday, June. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Smoke haze wraps around the One Vanderbilt building, Wednesday, June. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Buildings in Jersey City, N.J. are partially obscured by smoke from Canadian wildfires as boats travel on the Hudson River, seen from the Manhattan borough of New York on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
Buildings in Jersey City, N.J. are partially obscured by smoke from Canadian wildfires as boats travel on the Hudson River, seen from the Manhattan borough of New York on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
Pedestrians pass the One World Trade Center, center, amidst a smokey haze from wildfires in Canada, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Pedestrians pass the One World Trade Center, center, amidst a smokey haze from wildfires in Canada, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A person sells face masks outside a souvenir store, Wednesday, June. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A person sells face masks outside a souvenir store, Wednesday, June. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
A Man talks on his phone as he looks through the haze at the George Washington Bridge from Fort Lee, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A Man talks on his phone as he looks through the haze at the George Washington Bridge from Fort Lee, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
As firefighters in Canada battled hundreds of wildfires, the smoke spreading south engulfed New York City, Washington D.C. and beyond in a yellowish haze on Wednesday as people, many wearing masks, passed by familiar landmarks obscured by the smoky fog.
The New York City skyline could barely be seen across the Hudson River from New Jersey, while the Washington Monument and National Mall were enveloped in a rainless gray haze, where at one point a single jogger ran.
The New York Yankees took on the Chicago White Sox Tuesday night in a Yankee Stadium blanketed under a heavy amber pall, but Wednesday’s game was postponed because of the hazardous air quality.
In New York, commuters fished out pandemic-era face masks in the face of the hazardous conditions as masked street vendors did a brisk business selling them to those who had run out.
Haze from northern wildfires obscured the sun Wednesday morning as horsemen rode their mounts towards the track ahead of the Belmont Stakes horse race, scheduled for Saturday.