Unusual nature.

Because widespread natural fires are fairly uncommon in these parts. The common effects go largely unnoticed by most people, it seems, other than the occasional small-talk references about the weather. I know most of the effects are subtle anyway. The color-shift of the sun's light is sometimes striking to me, yet almost indiscernible at other times. The smell of the smoke is more difficult to recognize. The haze in the atmosphere is quite thick, though, and even hid the sun almost completely from view noticeably earlier than the actual time of sunset. At one point it was so faded I could barely tell what I was looking at. Anyway, I'm enjoying it. Like most of natures unusual occurrences, I tend to enjoy the oddity of it all.