16th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Sunset through the smoke of the North Bay fires

The sun sets over the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge through a layer of smoke coming from the North Bay fires. A strip of fog wrapped softly around the foot of the hills. The scene was both breathtaking and heartbreaking that such beauty came at the expense of so much destruction.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2018
Date Uploaded: 08.2018
Photo Location: Berkeley, California, United States of America
Camera: DSC-HX9V
Copyright: © Ting Vogel