 | About This Shoot | Date: 12 July 2013 | Location: Three Points, AZ early. San Simon, AZ late | Shoot Type: Storm Chase | | Synopsis:
Late morning storms were moving north-northwest toward the southwest suburbs of Tucson and the Three Points area. I photographed the backside of these storms from along the Ajo Highway. Later in the evening, I noticed storms moving north close to the New Mexico border. This storm ended up providing some of my best images of the entire trip, as an incredibly photogenic haboob developed and rolled west toward me, just south of San Simon. Lightning over the distant Peloncillo Mountains was fantastic in the golden sky that materialized at sunset. |
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Fri, 12 Jul 2013 23:10:36 -0700
Day 2, July 12. Sunset magic along I-10 near the AZ-NM border | A breathtaking scene. I was so fortunate to capture a fabulous, branched
dual lightning flash with the southern end of the Peloncillo Mountains
becoming absorbed by the rust-colored dust moving west.
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Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:20:45 -0600
Amazing!! | 
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Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:52:22 -0700
Day 2, July 12. Early day storms between Tucson and Three Points | I left Tucson heading southwest to intercept an organized cluster or storms
moving northward toward the Three Points area. I was hoping for some
decent lightning, but whatever lightning there was was embedded in the
heavy core. I let the rain core go over me along the Ajo Highway between
Three Points and Tucson. What followed looking north was a fairly awesome
scene of the departing storm with the fresh, wet desert landscape in the
foreground.
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