Arizona Desert - Monsoon Season - Sand Storms, Thunder Storms and Dust Devils

Arizona Desert

The Monsoon season is upon us Arizonan desert dwelling creatures, and I wanted to share images of what that means for us here. During these past few weeks of intense, face melting heat, we have been hit with several dust storms, thunder storms, and lots of rain, which sometimes can and often turn into dangerous flash floods. For many, specially those with pools, this weather phenomenon is an inconvenience, but not for me. I love the monsoon season, and anything other than super hot sunny days.

Monsoon season is often thought of as summer rain storms, however, it is not the rains but rather the wind pattern that bring those rains. So far, I haven't been able to capture the thunderstorms in action as they have been happening mostly during the night or I'm not able to go out and capture the moment. I do however, have photos of some of the other weather phenomenon that these summer winds bring. I will add more photos as I am able to capture them to either this post or a new one.

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Arizona Desert Sand Storms

We have been getting sand storms almost daily during the month of August.

Dust Devils (Whirlwind)

A dust devil or whirlwind is different from a dust storm. The dust devil is a vertically oriented rotating column of wind. The shape looks similar to a tornado but they are usually harmless and much smaller.

Here in the Arizona desert, we get several of these daily during these hot days. I love seeing dust devils, and taking photos of them, except when I get caught in one and end up with sand all over myself.

*Some of these photos were taken with my smartphone iPhone X

This is what a sand storm looks like from my neighborhood.

Both camera and I, ended up well dusted after taking these photos.

After the dust, the rain follows (most of the time nowadays). Rain, my favorite part!

It has rained so much and so often this year, that puddles have formed. There is also so much green all over the desert and random wild flowers growing throughout the place. There's no doubt that the monsoon rains have transformed the desert this year.

I love all the different colors, it's a sort of desert fall season almost. Lots of yellow, orange, and red in addition to the bright green that the monsoon rains brought. Here are some photos of how what the desert looks like now thanks to the monsoon rains.

There are so many of these small weed like plants growing all over the desert grounds. I have no idea what they are except that they were not here before the rains. I also didn't see these plants last year, but I believe we have had more rain this year than in previous years. The increment in rain would explain the amount of these plants we see this year.

Random photos I took while gathering material for this set.

The glass is what is left of accidents and other unfortunate events. I feel that there's beauty in these glass pieces and a sad story behind them all. Beauty truly hides in every corner.

RIP

I decided to capture this moment that I came across while taking photos for this post. This photo represents a delicate subject, but I find all aspects of life and death beautiful, and worthy of being captured and shared. I hope that you can appreciate it as I have.

I hope that you enjoyed this set of desert photos. Thank you for stopping by and reading my posts!

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