What the sun does on a Monday morning...

In early September there were dozens of fires burning from Colorado to Wyoming, Utah, California, Oregon, Washington and Montana.  For several days the smoke obscured the mountains and made our eyes burn.  When we saw the sunrise on Monday morning, the smoke was so thick that you could almost stare at the sun without squinting.  I quickly grabbed my camera and took a picture.  Normally, shooting at the sun is a risky event since the sun can damage the camera's sensor.  On this day, however, the smoke filtered out most of the light and you could even see sunspots on the surface of the sun!