Friday, September 5, 2008

SkyWatch Friday- Desert Showers







I was driving home from the Phoenix area, after visiting my daughter and grandkids and just as I hit the Tucson area I noticed this raincloud off the interstate. I had to pull over and capture it for SkyWatch Friday.

We've had a good deal of rain here. Notice the tall green grass in the forefront of the top picture- you will only see green like that in the desert during the monsoon season.
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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

You should have been a fly on the wall when I opened up this post - I went "Oh!!" right out loud, woke up the cats, and sat right up in my chair. What an incredibly beautiful storm capture. The rain and the thunder cell above - amazing. Okay, now the cats want lunch...

kjpweb said...

Oh wow! Thyese are gorgeous and dramatic skies! Winderful!
Cheers, Klaus

Daniel Chérouvrier said...

Some shouts in the desert, you shot quite well.

SaraG said...

Great pictures!
Take care and keep up the wonderful picture taking!

Lilli & Nevada said...

with all that rain i bet things are really starting to sprout there, this photo is very dramatic and beautiful

Dar's Foto Faze said...

These photos are amazing. Wonderful, wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

bobbie said...

Really beautiful clouds. The colors are so lovely.

Mary said...

oh how BEAUTIFUL!!!

shaker said...

very impressive !

Catherine said...

The grass does look pretty green ~when you think desert~I didn't even realize their was a monsoon season in the desert! Boy, do we need rain here in Va.
Beautiful captures~ very dramatic looking skies!
Happy sky~watching!
Cat

Jeanne said...

Those are just amazing shots. As if the clouds and the colors aren't enough to draw you in you see the rain coming down out of the clouds. Thanks for sharing!

Luiz Santilli Jr said...

Marvelous sky! Great shots!
Well done!

Your flowers are also so marvelous!
Join to this idea: TODAY'S FLOWERS.

A Colorful World said...

Absolutely superb! Great photo! I know of no other place where the storm clouds are so dramatic than in the desert!