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Monsoon Chasing

47 images Created 24 Sep 2023

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  • You just can't beat the lightning storms that form around Tucson, Arizona during the monsoon. I was jumping up and down for joy in the middle of the desert after this strike or strikes. I am not sure if both bolts hit at the same time or if there was a fraction of a second in between them. The total exposure was 15 seconds set at 43mm with an ISO of 100 at f/6.3. The bolt hit at 9:34pm on July 27, 2014. I am in the process of editing down the rest of the pictures along our 5,050 mile road trip from late July. Tucson wasn't the only incredible stop along the journey, but it was one of my favorites. August 2014 photo of the month.
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  • Aug 2019 photo of the month
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  • I was hoping a few monsoon storms would roar over the mountain around sunset. Instead the chance for lightning started to leak very bleak. I was photographing the warm glow off of Mt. Lemmon when a rainbow shot straight up from behind it for a couple minutes. It was a great sight.
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  • August 2017 photo of the month
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  • This is a picture from the Tucson area during the last weekend of July of 2014. I was hoping to see a great monsoon show of lightning and got my wish.
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  • This is a picture from the Tucson area during the last weekend of July of 2014. I was hoping to see a great monsoon show of lightning and got my wish.
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  • A charged up monsoon thunderstorm shows off its power during one late July evening near Tucson, Arizona. Dazzling bolts of lightning provided one of the best shows I have seen in years.
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  • This is a picture from the Tucson area during the last weekend of July of 2014. I was hoping to see a great monsoon show of lightning and got my wish. September 2014 Photo of the month.
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