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.