Dancing along the edge of a heavy-rain core, two cloud-to-ground flashes pop the desert terrain between Phoenix and Tucson. I photographed dozens of CGs during this fun and productive late-evening shoot, all from one spot! I almost missed this, and would have hated myself if I had. I nearly had decided to go to my motel room, tired after a day in the Catalina Mountains. Instead I mustered the desire to head 50 miles up the road to check out some growing, young storms approaching Eloy from the northeast. This re-invigorated me in a hurry, and was the most lightning-profuse storm event of the entire trip, with nearly 80 CGs photographed. Some, including these, sent marvelously long, deep booms of thunder across the countryside.
5 NE Eloy AZ (9 Jul 21) Looking NW
32.8216, -111.5