Australian Bushfires Are So Bad They Turned Skies Over New Zealand Orange, 2000 Kms Away!
The smoke from the fires in Australia have clouded the skies of places in New Zealand which is more than 2000 kms away. People immediately took to social media to share the orange-tinted skies in Auckland and expressed their surprise.
Australian bushfires are far from under control. The fires that started in September 2019 are still raging strong almost four months later. It has been reported that almost half a billion animals have already died in the fires. The bushfires have already burned more than twice the land that was burned in Amazon wildfires last year.
NZ Herald
The impact of the fires is not just visible on the weather of Australia where two days ago, Canberra was the most polluted city in the world, owing to the smoke from the fires. Now the smoke from the fires in Australia have clouded the skies of places in New Zealand which is more than 2000 kms away.
Guy McGlynn
Blown by an upper-level jet of westerly winds from Australia, smoke from the Australian bushfires oranged the entire North Island. People immediately took to social media to share the orange-tinted skies in Auckland and expressed their surprise, they did not forget to mention that the videos and images had no filter.
This is what the smoke looked like coming into Auckland this afternoon. Video via @MetService. pic.twitter.com/ansb27CPaI
¡ª Isaac Blomfield ? (@NewZulund) January 5, 2020
One user wrote, 'It¡¯s 2pm in Auckland yet it feels like the sun is about to set. An eerie, dark orange tinted sky filled with smoke from the #Australia bushfires over 2000km away. Climate Change Knows No Borders'.
It¡¯s 2pm in Auckland yet it feels like the sun is about to set. An eerie, dark orange tinted sky filled with smoke from the #Australia bushfires over 2000km away.
¡ª Dr Michelle Dickinson (@medickinson) January 5, 2020
Climate Change Knows No Borders pic.twitter.com/HtoTLLXQOX
Another person wrote, 'Auckland is orange'.
Auckland is orange pic.twitter.com/XF24xCL3W5
¡ª Vaex_Darastrix (@LordAxiom) January 5, 2020
Another user shared the image of the skies from an airplane.
Wellington vs Auckland this afternoon pic.twitter.com/Sv2cqpB1aI
¡ª Simon Ward (@simonmward) January 5, 2020
The effect of Australian bushfires on the environment is really worrisome. The disturbing bit is that, it is all far from being over yet.
