If I'm not mistaken, I can see Mexico from the first pic.
You are not mistaken. It’s pretty hazy today but those hills you can just make out in the background are in Mexico, about 6 miles (9.6 km) away.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.