dancinghorse: (kolbrainbow)
dancinghorse ([personal profile] dancinghorse) wrote2012-07-15 08:44 pm

Just Another Summer Evening in the Old Pueblo

This monsoon came on early and it's come on strong. We haven't had a lot of rain here, but there have been major storms all around the Tucson Valley, with winds and floods and swiftwater rescues.

Today we had our turn. Clouds moved in in the early afternoon. They were blue-black, and they meant business.

At sundown I headed out to feed the ponies--and ran right back in again to snag the camera.

Rincon Peak doubles up on the pots of gold (with bonus mammatus clouds):

cloudsandrainbows

doublerainbow_2_0712

The sun bleeds through a wall of storm:

monsoonsunset0712

And away to the north, above the horses, the Santa Catalinas are drowned in light:

mountainsoflight

Thunder rumbled and rolled all the while I was out with the camera, and kept on rolling while I fed the horses. It's still going, and the lightning is flashing. It's a wild night.

[identity profile] smoemeth.livejournal.com 2012-07-16 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Wowza!!!

We've been having thunder here all evening too, but nothing nearly as picturesque as that.

[identity profile] dancinghorse.livejournal.com 2012-07-16 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
It's another goddamn beautiful sunset, as we say around here.

Also, you know. Monsoon.
larryhammer: canyon landscape with saguaro and mesquite trees (desert)

[personal profile] larryhammer 2012-07-16 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
We didn't get whomped the way places a few miles east or west of us did, but we did get a spectacular rainbow and sunset, with layers of light on air and clouds.

---L.

[identity profile] queenoftheskies.livejournal.com 2012-07-16 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
I lived in Tucson for a year (a long time ago) and I remember sitting out on the balcony of my apartment with my then two year-old, enjoying the most awesome displays of lightning I've ever seen, up on the mountains. Some of the best storms ever.

Your photos are beautiful!

[identity profile] rachelmanija.livejournal.com 2012-07-16 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. Gorgeous!
ellarien: cactus (desert)

[personal profile] ellarien 2012-07-16 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, lovely. You're almost making me miss the monsoon season; where I am now it just rains. And rains, with occasional days off for "showers."

[identity profile] adriannem.livejournal.com 2012-07-16 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Gorgeous!

[identity profile] sea-pony.livejournal.com 2012-07-16 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Incredible. Thanks for sharing. ;)

[identity profile] sartorias.livejournal.com 2012-07-16 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
WOW!!!

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/ 2012-07-16 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow: just gorgeous.

[identity profile] madwriter.livejournal.com 2012-07-17 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
I think this is the time of year when I should next visit, based on these pictures. :)

[identity profile] green-knight.livejournal.com 2012-07-18 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much for sharing - lovely.