What a difference one week can make.

The city of Calgary was just starting to show its true spring colours after a devastatingly long and cold winter… and then the smokey haze from up north started to drift on into YYC.

See also

• Here's how Albertans have been reacting to the sudden covering of smoke
• Environment Canada calling for a chance of rain in Calgary
• Alberta's smokey skies make it look like Mars (PHOTOS)

Blue skies turned grey, clear air became smokey, and the stunning sights that usually accompany warm days in Calgary have all but disappeared into a mist straight out of Stephen King’s twisted imagination.

We’ve got our fingers crossed that the 60% chance of precipitation later today might just be the key to clearing our Calgary skies, but until then we’ll just have to enjoy the following photos from before this smoke stole our horizons:

 

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A post shared by rhea negapatan (@recdpooh) on May 25, 2019 at 9:17pm PDT

 

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A post shared by Jamela Cansanay (@jamelac) on May 28, 2019 at 7:43pm PDT

 

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A post shared by Angus (@angushiggs) on May 31, 2019 at 8:30am PDT

Calgary skyline (matt.j.ortz/Instagram)

 

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A post shared by Steve Michaud (@stephenmmichaud) on May 29, 2019 at 9:40am PDT

 

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A post shared by Christina Chappelle (@christina_chappelle) on May 31, 2019 at 3:14pm PDT

Calgary Tower (deni.tosh/Instagram)

 

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A post shared by Dan McLeod (@trapper_danmc) on May 31, 2019 at 3:11pm PDT

 

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A post shared by 🇨🇦canada_by_alexis🇳🇱 (@canada_by_alexis) on May 31, 2019 at 5:46am PDT

 

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A post shared by Hello world from Ktryn (@helloworld_0_0) on May 31, 2019 at 3:10pm PDT

See also

• Here's how Albertans have been reacting to the sudden covering of smoke
• Environment Canada calling for a chance of rain in Calgary
• Alberta's smokey skies make it look like Mars (PHOTOS)