Mysyme's father had seen the fall of the machine, and had told his son that when it hit, a plume of melted rock had been thrown higher than the atmosphere, while the smoke of secondary fires had darkened the sky above Ys for a decad.

After opening it, the smoke that rises out, darkens the air and blocks the sunlight.

Ten months after a series of oil spills polluted the waters and shores of the gulf while smoke from hundreds of oil-well fires darkened the skies, the scientific research that could support claims for compensation has barely begun, Government and private witnesses told a House committee recently.

Orange flames consumed the drapes and thick black smoke darkened the windowpanes, then spewed forth as the heat of the fire shattered the glass.

Acrid smoke from rows of chimneys darkens the streets.

In the former, the escaping smoke darkens the banya's interior wood.

As soot, smoke and other industrial pollutants from factories darken the landscape and because many organisms rely on camouflage to avoid predation, this sudden change in their environment makes them highly vulnerable to predators.

Her makeup was blotched and smeared, and the dense smoke had darkened her doll-like complexion.

A protest sign read, "Congress discusses constitutionality while the smoke of burning bodies darkens the heavens."

Dust and smoke darkened the sky.