Friday's opening shot

Today's St. Mark's Place sunrise ... as the Labor Day Weekend officially gets underway.

Most everyone has likely already left for Kellerman's Mountain House.

Around here, expect a mix of sun and clouds with an ick of humidity. The weather folks expect more comfortable conditions moving into the long weekend.

Sunday sunrise

EVG regular Jeanne Krier shares this early morning photo...

Saturday's opening shot

Thanks to Jeanne Krier for the sunrise view this morning...

Saturday's opening shot

Sunrise-ish view from 10th between A and B this morning... wind chills hovering around 0 at the moment (8 a.m.), per the Weather Channel.

The morning sun

You may have noticed the red-ish/orange sun rising in the sky this morning ... (thanks to dwg for the photo below) ...

Lee Goldberg at ABC 7 explains:

A big ridge in the jet stream is transporting western wildfire smoke our way next couple of days. Most of the smoke is in the upper atmosphere and won't dramatically impact air quality, but the sky may look a little milky and the sunrise and sunset may be enhanced.

But why the red/orange? 

As we cut-n-paste from another TV station: "The smoke filters out shorter wavelengths of light, leaving mostly red and orange wavelengths to shine through and be seen by the naked human eye."