No Joke, This Is What NYC Looks Like Right Now — It's Legit Orange

1. New York City turned orange today.

Not Mars. Not an apocalyptic movie scene. N.Y.C. skyline at a little after 2 in the afternoon. #AirQualityAlert #WildfireSmoke pic.twitter.com/s53BRnnTcP

— Meghan Danahey (@MeghanDanahey) June 7, 2023

2. "Mars comes to Manhattan," as this person said.

Mars comes to Manhattan pic.twitter.com/R0Zt0Uahty

— Karli Bonne’ (@KarliBonnita) June 7, 2023

3. The skies are currently WAY worse than yesterday.

View of New Jersey from Manhattan before and during the wildfire smoke #CanadaFires #wildfires #nycweather #NYwx #smoke #NJwx pic.twitter.com/1DRFdfyIif

— Mariya (@mariyanyc) June 7, 2023

4. The air had been getting progressively worse throughout the day.

#BREAKING This is what #NewYorkCity looks like via Earthcam. The #CanadianWildfires created that haze. #AirQualityAlert : Unhealthy. pic.twitter.com/hpncMhezrG

— Brian Pia (@brianpia) June 7, 2023

5. And then a "thick orange haze" spread over the city.

👀 WOW! A thick orange haze has been hanging over New York City after smoke from wildfires burning in Canada moved south. https://t.co/yi0rOYrqjd pic.twitter.com/7gd5xdjjFW

— Boston 25 News (@boston25) June 7, 2023

6. It was and is surreal.

Mars or #Manhattan ? The skyline has been turned orange/brown by the #smoke caused by #Canadian Wildfires.View from high floor at One Vanderbilt building. We smell the smoke despite having one of the most modern air filtration systems in the city. Stay safe! pic.twitter.com/T5wPkMKlsC

— Jasmin (@JasminMarilena) June 7, 2023

7. Creepy is an understatement.

Rooftop view of the Hudson River right now. So creepy… #NYC #orange pic.twitter.com/7r6pi9cOQt

— Mandy Antoniacci (@MandyAntoniacci) June 7, 2023

8. "The air in New York right now is ORANGE," this person said.

The air in New York rn is ORANGE pic.twitter.com/5ICpuZn8PD

— LuvPotato⁷|FNAF2023!!|💜🤡 ⟭⟬ ♡ ⟬⟭ (@LuvinThatTae) June 7, 2023

9. From the George Washington Bridge...

#BREAKING : New footage from the George Washington Bridge (connecting New Jersey and New York City) of the toxic smoke now enveloping the northeast, as dozens of wildfires burn uncontrolled across Canada. #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/7HjdJwMaEG

— Breaking 4 News (@Breaking_4_News) June 7, 2023

10. ...to the Harlem River.

Wednesday afternoon.This is in New York City, looking south from Spuyten Duyvil (NW Bronx) across the Harlem River. You can barely see Columbia's stadium in Inwood through the orange haze. The air tastes of smoke. @PIX11News pic.twitter.com/nv3ne73ZdK

— Melba Kurman (@melbakurman) June 7, 2023

11. The Empire State Building looked straight out of Blade Runner .

Current Status. Take a look at our live ESB EarthCam as NYC deals with Canadian Haze: https://t.co/O9J9aS1frk pic.twitter.com/m3VDdyz7kA

— Empire State Building (@EmpireStateBldg) June 7, 2023

12. And in some places, the Empire State Building briefly disappeared.

The Empire State Building should be right there. In #nyc #AirQualityAlert pic.twitter.com/FDnf99PIJu

— fritzbacon (@FritzBacon) June 7, 2023

13. Truly unreal.

It is absolutely wild in Manhattan. This air is unreal. pic.twitter.com/4KjKJHQPPF

— Bright Light Bright Light (@brightlightx2) June 7, 2023

14. It's apocalyptic out there.

Live shot from New York City. The Orange is starting to creep in there too! #FF6000 @eth_ben pic.twitter.com/5UQnyzQMU9

— Pickasaurus007 (@PICKaSAURUS007) June 7, 2023

15. The pictures don't do the "orange-ness" justice.

I took this five minutes ago, 2:18 p.m. Wednesday. The picture doesn’t do the haze and the “orange-ness” justice. If you’re in New York or anywhere in the northeast with low air quality, stay indoors. pic.twitter.com/cIl3LHnCiN

— Peter Tedeschi (@PeterTedeschi) June 7, 2023

16. Like, it was ORANGE orange.

Some photos from @EarthCam shots around NYC of the wildfire smoke affecting Manhattan pic.twitter.com/aJCqxUE2FU

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) June 7, 2023

17. I live in the city, and the only way I could capture how freaky the sky looked was with a polaroid.

18. And let me tell you, it SMELLS.

Orange as shit outside here in New York and it smells like terrible BBQ. Never seen anything like this pic.twitter.com/zraRbzzUcw

— #ShitHappens (Deku) (@CallmePuzzle) June 7, 2023

19. NBC's Storm Team 4 posted this picture for comparison of what it usually looks like.

A regular day vs. today, just unbelievable. NYC air quality is now considered very unhealthy. #nyc #smoke ( @EarthCam ) pic.twitter.com/43jM8XTssu

— Storm Team 4 NY (@StormTeam4NY) June 7, 2023

20. You can see a time lapse here:

The orange skies are making New York City look like... Mars? An apocalypse movie?We're LIVE today keeping you safe and informed. pic.twitter.com/SXYAMxxGvY

— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) June 7, 2023

21. As of right now, the sky is starting to lighten a bit and looks more like this:

Manhattan at 1:43 pm is a ghostly shadow-scape in a mustard-hued smoke-laden airspace. #smoke #AirQualityAlert #NYC #CanadianWildfires pic.twitter.com/zofp57WDRg

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) June 7, 2023

22. It's more of a sepia tone.

NYC is now sepia. It’s actually bright orange but the phone cameras keep autocorrecting the color. 😷 pic.twitter.com/dUTgg9CZmJ

— Gooblythe (@gooblythe) June 7, 2023

23. But whew, that orange was WILD.

The view of Belvedere Castle and Central Park's Turtle Pond now in the hazy smoke that has enveloped New York City. #AirQualityAlert pic.twitter.com/48Q9jBvBCA

— Manhattan Bird Alert (@BirdCentralPark) June 7, 2023

24. NYC currently has the worst air quality in the world by a large margin.

New York City currently has the worst air quality of any city on the planet, and it's not really close. Statistics via @IQAir . pic.twitter.com/sUpoCJLUf1

— New York Metro Weather (@nymetrowx) June 7, 2023

25. And there's no end in sight.

Lower Manhattan via @Earthcam at 3:00pm. pic.twitter.com/KZbPtVxNuS

— New York Metro Weather (@nymetrowx) June 7, 2023

26. As the Empire State Building's Twitter account said: "Where are my friends?"

Where are my friends? pic.twitter.com/fyhyVyFpLU

— Empire State Building (@EmpireStateBldg) June 7, 2023