It ’s just groundless how in 15 minutes , everything changed .

Yesterday,New York City turned orange.

its bad than you’re able to imaginepic.twitter.com/mntF8r4dnA

For about an hour or so, the entire city looked like this:

dampen : New footage from the George Washington Bridge ( connecting New Jersey and New York City ) of the toxic smoke now enveloping the northeast , as dozens of wildfires sunburn uncontrolled across Canada.#BreakingNewspic.twitter.com/7HjdJwMaEG

It was essentially nighttime in the middle of the day.

Looks almost like nighttime in the middle of a “ sunny ” June day.#NYC#smoke#wildfirespic.twitter.com / q93pryzcnx

One shocking video of the smoke taking over the city was captured by EarthCam.

Current Status . Take a looking at at our live ESB EarthCam as NYC deals with Canadian Haze : https://t.co / O9J9aS1frkpic.twitter.com / m3VDdyz7kA

The time lapse has gone viral:

tally out this almost unlikely meter - lapse of wildfire gage consuming the World Trade Center and the New York City visible horizon . Those vulnerable to pitiable air tone , admit seniors and young children , should confine time outside if possible . More : https://t.co / ChRuWv7X6Epic.twitter.com / mtKtLun8lN

It started at 11 a.m.:

11:30 a.m.:

12 p.m.:

12:30 p.m.:

1 p.m.:

1:15 p.m.:

1:30 p.m.:

1:45 p.m.:

And 2 p.m.:

And just for comparison, here’s a picture of a normal day in the city vs. yesterday:

A regular solar day vs. today , just unbelievable . NYC air travel quality is now considered very unhealthy.#nyc#smoke(@EarthCam)pic.twitter.com/43jM8XTssu