As I drove home today, I noticed a strange mist over South San Jose. The closer I came to getting home, the eerier the whole scene got, when it finally dawned on me.

The wind had turned and suddenly the smoke of some of California's raging wildfires blew our direction. Fires are burning in too many places at once while California is facing one of the worst droughts in history.

As the evening came and the sun set, the whole landscape was suddenly bathed in an eery red light creating a surreal atmosphere as if the world would come to an end. I just had to draw my camera and walk the short distance to Blossom Hill road to capture the feeling of the night.

People were swerving and driving strangely while looking at the sky and when we climbed one nearby parking garage we found a small crowd of spectators gazing at the sunset as everything got covered up by thick smoke clouds.

Looking up, I can now see a blood red moon shining through, which leads me to believe that the clouds were thinning.