Purple Strikes at Twilight

In the wake of a powerful storm filled with baseball sized hail, a spectacular display of twilight lightning lit up Highway 180 southeast of Holbrook. These bolts all struck during a single 2.5 second exposure. September 1, 2018 • Southeast of Holbrook, Arizona

Crawling over the Painted Rock Mountains

Lightning on a receding storm cluster reaches across the Painted Rock Mountains east of Gila Bend, Arizona—29 July 2016.

Elden Blush - III

Lightning signals a monsoon thunderstorm at sunset over Mt. Elden—30 August 2015. Seen from Route 66 east of Flagstaff, Arizona.

Time stamps were 1min 14sec fast

Babbit Tank Lightning II

A monsoon thunderstorm lights up the sky south of Babbit Tank on SR87 about 30 miles southwest of Winslow, Arizona. This image is a composite of 7 exposures taken over the course of 5 minutes.

Barrage on Territorial Road

Territorial Road is a nicely graded stretch of dirt south of Winslow on AZ-99 where I photographed a line of approaching storms. This is a 6-shot composite of images captured with a lightning trigger over the course 5 minutes. 8 October 2016.

Warning Lights

Rail crossing lights and a monsoon lightning display illuminate the night south of Parks, Arizona. 1 July 2015.

Spectrum of a Panhandle Storm

After dropping baseball size hail on Hwy 87, a receding supercell paints the sky east of Masterson, Texas—16 May 2016.

Sterling Wrap

The sculpted updraft of a supercell glows with constant lightning south of Sterling, Texas—22 May 2016.

Abilene LP Lightning

A light precipitation cell sputters in the twilight south of Abilene, Kansas—26 May 2016.

Cosnino Furcula

Lightning strikes from the top of an isolated updraft at sunset, east of Flagstaff, Arizona — 26 July 2021. This storm was a rare treat. We don't often get them isolated and active at sunset, much less arcing multiple strikes out into the clear from the top of the tower like this one was doing. ('furcula 'is the technical word for wishbone)

Cosnino Hook

Lightning strikes from the top of an isolated updraft at sunset, east of Flagstaff, Arizona — 26 July 2021. This storm was a rare treat. We don't often get them isolated and active at sunset, much less arcing multiple strikes out into the clear from the top of the tower like this one was doing.