It Was Electric At The Grand Canyon

Monsoonal thunder and lightning storms have been making regular appearances in Northern Arizona and Southern Utah this summer. More to come. Watch video at HiDef and Full Screen.

Lightning Strikes 4 Times!

Plus a rainbow at no extra charge! Watch video in HiDef at Full Screen on YouTube.

 

 

Lightning Strikes Twice!

From last night’s nasty storm at Zion National Park

Lightning strikes at Zion National Park, Utah

A Stormy Grand Canyon

From last week’s trip which included, thunder, lightning, rain, angry clouds, pulling someone’s truck out of the mud and some nice rainbows

A monsoon produces fog in the Grand Canyon at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

A single bolt of lighning strikes along the south rim of the Grand Canyon at Grand Canyon National park, Arizona.

A rainbow appears near the Grand Canyon after a monsoon passes through Northern Arizona

A large storm cell moving in from the South Rim.

Electric Zionzzzzzzzzz

Monsoon season has arrived to the Desert Southwest and we really need the rain and some lightning is OK too!

Lightning strikes above The Watchman at Zion National Park, Utah

Lightning Strikes Are Back!

Monsoon Season Is Back in the Desert Southwest so I grabbed my camera for this action which has been absent the last 2 summers

Lightning strikes Eagle Crags near Zion National Park, Utah
Lightning strikes at Zion National Park, Utah

Colorado Stormin…..

During my recent trip to Colorado, I had to withstand the torments of a thunder and lightning storm that was extremely electric.

A thunder and lightning storm passes through the Steamboat Springs area of Colorado.

 

Storm clouds rolling in.

 

Sunbeams penetrate storm clouds at sunset near Steamboat Springs, Colorado

 

 

Even a bit of snow fell around my tent.

 

Residual fog lifts from the valley below the next morning.

Time Lapse Video- Colorado Lightning Storm

From my recent trip to Colorado. I was camping above Steamboat Springs when this violent storm came racing by. Watch in HiDef at full screen.

Lightning Captured!

It’s not easy to capture lightning strikes but I was able to capture a few near Marble Canyon in Northern Arizona. The monsoon season is in full swing and storms are prevalent in the area during summer.

 

 

Storms Are The Norm Here Right Now

In the height of the monsoon season, I was able to capture the scene last evening as a huge storm penetrated the area adjacent to Zion National park, Utah