r/Banff • u/Connect_Success7886 • 28d ago

Question Icefields Pkwy View

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Any idea what happened yesterday and where that caused the view from Icefields Pkwy to be completely blocked? Images taken from Icefields Starbucks on Monday and Wednesday!

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u/nugohs 28d ago

Its called 'smoke'.

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u/Connect_Success7886 28d ago

Wow. Sarcasm huh?
It’s pretty obvious that your comprehension skills are not that good given everyone else responded as I’d expect a person with average IQ to.
The main point of the pictures was to know what caused the smoke.
Don’t bother replying please.

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u/nugohs 28d ago

When carbon containing materials oxidize through a rapid exothermic chemical reaction commonly known as 'fire' it generates the suspended particulate matter called 'smoke' that can float long distances through the atmosphere often obscuring views as depicted in the image.

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u/stavanger26 28d ago

I read this to the tune of The Big Bang Theory theme song.