There has been a LOT of smoke in our air this July. Wildfires in the Boundary Waters and Canada have been sending smoke our way pretty much every day this month. On some days the smoke has been thick enough to give us headaches and sore throats by the end of the day. It also means we have not been seeing very many stars at night.
About a week ago my dad and I ventured out on a local lake after dark and when we arrived at the lake you really couldn't see any stars at all due to the smoke haze. A little while later, however, the smoke did clear enough to reveal some clouds and a few stars poking through here and there. The night was incredibly quiet and calm. So much so that I was able to set my tripod up in the boat and get a nice and sharp 5 second exposure of the moon and Jupiter!
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