The bright orange-yellow color in the sky happened around 5:20pm, around the time of sunset. Thick fog was present across the Piedmont-Triad at the time. As day turned to twilight, the colors changed.

Oh, and as for our planetary cousin Mars—where fires can’t burn in a tenuous atmosphere that is 95% carbon dioxide —the orange skies are once again due to atmospheric particles.

Droneview7 video shows a thick, orange haze over San Francisco around 10 a.m. Wednesday. Coit Tower appears shrouded in smoke, the top of Salesforce Tower disappears into the haze and you can't ...

According to NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Kevin Jeanes, there have been reports of an orange or yellow sky after the initial round of rain and thunderstorms in some portions of the area.

According to NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Kevin Jeanes, there have been reports of an orange or yellow sky after rain and thunderstorms in the area.

"This [hazy orange, gray-ish] fog just kind of surrounded the entire valley. And when the rains finally came and cleared out the sky - I could see blue sky again — I almost just cried," he recalls.

A woman walks along The Embarcadero under an orange smoke-filled sky in San Francisco on September 9. The orange skies have been caused by smoke particles filtering through red, orange, and yellow ...

Bay Area's orange skies give way to gray haze, but poor air quality increases health risks By Chris Nguyen and Amy Hollyfield, via Thursday, September 10, 2020 ...