How we photographed wildfire smoke enveloping Chicago

This week’s top photo comes from Visual Journalist Anthony Vazquez. Follow him on Instagram. What makes this photo important? An aerial perspective was crucial to showing Chicago's hazardous air quality this week. On the ground, you can sense the smoke and maybe see hints of it in the distance, but you don't grasp its full density until you take a step back and see it from afar. Framing the skyline behind the Ferris wheel at Navy Pier emphasizes the sheer thickness of the haze that people are…