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Tucson. For a city with sunny skies some 300 days a year, it’s no slouch when it comes to spectacular weather images … if you’re in the right place at the right time like I have been fortunate enough to be. Beginning with the sun blazing above a menacing monsoon downpour. I captured a stunning lightening strike, a wild dust devil bearing down on a small community, the full moon rising behind a mountain range, and another high in the sky surrounded by dramatic clouds. There are several forceful downpours, rare pools of water reflecting eye-catching skies, vivid rainbows, and every type of captivating cloud formation we get down here.

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  • An amazing image showing both a mushroom cloud thunderhead pouring rain while the full sun shines brightly above it.

    An amazing image showing both a mushroom cloud thunderhead pouring rain while the full sun shines brightly above it.

  • Lightening bolt explodes only a block away.

    Lightening bolt explodes only a block away.

  • Lightening bolt explodes inside a storm cloud.

    Lightening bolt explodes inside a storm cloud.

  • Lightening flashes as the wind and rain pound on a Bird of Paradise flower.

    Lightening flashes as the wind and rain pound on a Bird of Paradise flower.

  • A southwest dust devil appears to be approaching a small Tucson area community.

    A southwest dust devil appears to be approaching a small Tucson area community.

  • Billowing monsoon thunderhead clouds over the Catalina Mountains in Tucson.

    Billowing monsoon thunderhead clouds over the Catalina Mountains in Tucson.

  • The full moon rising behind a mountain.

    The full moon rising behind a mountain.

  • Monsoon rain in the Tucson Foothills.

    Monsoon rain in the Tucson Foothills.

  • The full moon on a partly cloudy night illuminates the surrounding clouds.

    The full moon on a partly cloudy night illuminates the surrounding clouds.

  • This quarter moon is about to set in the lavender western sky just after the sun.

    This quarter moon is about to set in the lavender western sky just after the sun.

  • Torrential rain and hurricane force winds ripped through Tucson during monsoon.

    Torrential rain and hurricane force winds ripped through Tucson during monsoon.

  • An isolated downpour on the horizon.

    An isolated downpour on the horizon.

  • A rain puddle reflection in a Tucson driveway.

    A rain puddle reflection in a Tucson driveway.

  • A rain puddle reflection in a Tucson parking lot.

    A rain puddle reflection in a Tucson parking lot.

  • “The quality of mercy is not strain’d. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.”

    “The quality of mercy is not strain’d. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.”

  • A rainbow captured between an Italian pine and a southwest palm tree.

    A rainbow captured between an Italian pine and a southwest palm tree.

  • Right behind fabled and bustling Waikiki, a rainbow appears over the Ala Wai Canal.

    Right behind fabled and bustling Waikiki, a rainbow appears over the Ala Wai Canal.

  • An amazing line of showers swept across town.

    An amazing line of showers swept across town.

  • Rainbow’s Gravity?

    Rainbow’s Gravity?

  • As I waited out the downpour in a parking lot, I focused on my window and took this picture.

    As I waited out the downpour in a parking lot, I focused on my window and took this picture.

  • A confluence of different types of clouds makes for a dramatic scene.

    A confluence of different types of clouds makes for a dramatic scene.

  • Two birds fly over mountains rising above low clouds.

    Two birds fly over mountains rising above low clouds.

  • Dramatic clouds above saguaro cluster in black and white.

    Dramatic clouds above saguaro cluster in black and white.

  • High cloud types mix above a southwest housing complex.

    High cloud types mix above a southwest housing complex.

  • The pouch-like mammatus clouds are often formed on stormy days.

    The pouch-like mammatus clouds are often formed on stormy days.

  • A dazzling and menacing storm cloud over the mountains.

    A dazzling and menacing storm cloud over the mountains.

  • An intense storm over Tucson.

    An intense storm over Tucson.

  • A thunderhead that resembles a nuclear detonation.

    A thunderhead that resembles a nuclear detonation.

  • A pair of sunbeams break through dark clouds.

    A pair of sunbeams break through dark clouds.

  • An amazing thunderhead cloud approaches the neigborhood.

    An amazing thunderhead cloud approaches the neigborhood.

  • Billowing monsoon thunderhead clouds over the Rillito Wash in Tucson.

    Billowing monsoon thunderhead clouds over the Rillito Wash in Tucson.

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    A southwest dust devil appears to be approaching a small Tucson area community.
    Billowing monsoon thunderhead clouds over the Catalina Mountains in Tucson.
    The full moon rising behind a mountain.