A Colorado Kind Of Sunset

I took the above photograph over Labor Day weekend of sunset over downtown Denver.  It was taken from the roof of the parking garage next to the bookstore where I work.The colors are very vivid, but the reason for this is because there are a number of forest fires here in the west, and the smoke from these fires is what causes the deep colors.  Due to the pine beetle infestation across the west, there is a lot of fuel out there, and with the lack of rain, fires are inevitable, from both human cause and lightning. The bottom line is, it would be far better to have no fires and less colorful sunsets, but we don't get to decide.