San Francisco's skies glow apocalyptically orange as wildfires rage in Bay Area

San Francisco.
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California's wildfires left Bay Area skies shrouded in an apocalyptic orange glow Wednesday morning.

Several San Francisco residents posted images and video to social media of the city's skyline and the Golden Gate Bridge against the backdrop of the haze from the blazes that continue to rage throughout the state.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.