Thursday, July 4, 2013

Rain

These pictures are from the morning after the first significant rain of the monsoon season.

Eerie lighting reflected in puddles of rainwater.

A little frog in a puddle?

A faint parhelion (sun dog) appeared in the sky.

crested saguaro on the left

Clouds all around! :)




One last puddle of rainwater until next time...


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26 comments:

  1. SteffiJuly 4, 2013 at 12:52 PM

    Great photos for SWF!I saw the terrible fires in Arizon!I hope you are okay!Happy Independence Day!

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  2. eileeninmdJuly 4, 2013 at 1:09 PM

    Happy 4th of July! Great collection of sky shots! The first one is my favorite and I like the sundog capture. Have a great weekend and happy skywatching!

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  3. Yogi♪♪♪July 4, 2013 at 1:13 PM

    Great pics, the desert is just fascinating.

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  4. Roberta WarshawJuly 4, 2013 at 3:28 PM

    Glad the monsoons came your way!

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  5. Gemma WisemanJuly 4, 2013 at 4:21 PM

    Such wonderful views! Especially love the eerie lighting in the first photo!

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  6. KarenJuly 4, 2013 at 6:36 PM

    Terrific series!

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  7. JimJuly 4, 2013 at 7:02 PM

    Wonderful.

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  8. angryparsnipJuly 4, 2013 at 7:43 PM

    Wonderful as always.

    I was up super early the morning after that first big storm and saw a small line of red in the sky. Of course I thought the Catalina fire had gotten bigger till I saw the sky just get more and more red. Then it dawn on me... sunrise... I took several photos and they look like sunsets ! I might post one on Friday.

    cheers, parsnip

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  9. Annie JeffriesJuly 4, 2013 at 7:58 PM

    Your little frog picture totally enchanted me.

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  10. VaishVijayJuly 4, 2013 at 9:41 PM

    golden reflection on water is beautiful!

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  11. cieldequimperJuly 4, 2013 at 11:33 PM

    I bet that was much needed rain, and you caught it so well. I can almost smell it, you know the smell of earth when it hasn't rained in a long time?

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  12. AnonymousJuly 4, 2013 at 11:41 PM

    Simply lovely - especially the colour in the first two shots.

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  13. Jeannette StGJuly 5, 2013 at 12:50 AM

    The eeriness of the light in the first pic is kind of symbolic with all the grief Arizona is going through right now.

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  14. Light and VoicesJuly 5, 2013 at 2:34 PM

    Arizona has like the best lighting of anywhere in the States. Lovely series of photographs.
    JM Illinois

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  15. Brenda's ArizonaJuly 5, 2013 at 2:37 PM

    Great photos! Good to remember what rain looks like...

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  16. DarlaJuly 5, 2013 at 6:42 PM

    Awesome lighting shots... wasn't it amazing? And more rain tonight -- yippee! :-)

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  17. Spare Parts and PicsJuly 5, 2013 at 9:50 PM

    Rain? What's that?? Love the golden light in the first photo.

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  18. ΕΥΡΥΤΑΝΑΣ ΙΧΝΗΛΑΤΗΣJuly 6, 2013 at 6:33 AM

    Οι εικόνες σου είναι πάντα φαντασμαγορικές!

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  19. ArijaJuly 7, 2013 at 12:40 AM

    So glad your rains have started!!! The forest fires I have seen have been frightening to say the least. Lovely shot of the eery light and of course all the others too, especially when enlarged. That's my kind of country. I just love deserts.

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  20. CelesteJuly 7, 2013 at 7:32 AM

    Lovely photos, the monsoon is such a picturesque time.

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  21. GigaJuly 7, 2013 at 10:54 AM

    Niebo cudownie wygląda na pierwszyn zdjęciu. Pozdrawiam.
    The sky looks pierwszyn wonderful picture. Wodoki the other pictures are very interesting. Yours.

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  22. Amazing wonders in my lifeJuly 9, 2013 at 10:02 AM

    Fantastic pic...

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  23. Betsy GrantJuly 9, 2013 at 10:27 AM

    Your photos are just as lovely and enjoyable as ever. Thanks for sharing!

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  24. ZielonaMilaJuly 10, 2013 at 5:25 AM

    Beautiful photographs, I like such unusual views:) Greetings

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  25. JBJuly 12, 2013 at 7:04 PM

    Great photos. I love each and every one of your photographs.
    JB

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  26. JanieJuly 25, 2013 at 12:35 PM

    Did you know that comments are disabled on your latest post? I enjoyed the great variety of desert animal, insect and plant photos.

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