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Photographer, Storm Chaser, GIS Analyst/Transportation Planner West Virginia University and University of Arizona Alum

Phoenix, AZ
Joined November 2009
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I've been sitting on tons of time lapse clips from the last few years so I figured it was finally time to do something with them. I present my compilation film from the 2018 and 2019 monsoon seasons. Hope you enjoy! #azwx #stormhour youtube.com/watch?v=oOH-rkg0…
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In the early morning of August 31, a line of thunderstorms moved over the Grand Canyon. I managed to capture this bolt that powered through the heavy rain and landed inside the canyon. #azwx
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A few shots from the supercell that moved through Phoenix this afternoon. #azwx
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Severe storm west of downtown Phoenix right now #azwx
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Looking north from downtown right now #azwx
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Rolling into Phoenix right now #azwx
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A nice branchy bolt with a landing point in front of Four Peaks from Thursday night.
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Four Peaks getting it done tonight! #azwx
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Crazy clouds in Phoenix this morning. #azwx
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Absolutely floored to capture this tonight. The storm was pretty much done and this was likely a clear air death bolt but good grief what a doozy of a burst of electricity. Always wanted landing points on Picacho Peak but this was something else. #azwx
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10 years!! I've been trying to get landing points on Picacho Peak for over 10 years. And tonight it finally happened. Most of the night was spent getting little stick bolts and flashes buried back in the rain, but one strike definitely came out to play!!
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It took a decade of patiently waiting but on Friday night, in a fraction of a second, the Grand Canyon delivered a real-life version of a dream image I’ve had since the day I started photographing the monsoon.
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One of the hardest images I've ever taken. Lightning strikes one of the buttes at Monument Valley, last night 8/30. #azwx
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The quadruple lightning strike in the middle of the Grand Canyon. Evening of Aug 28. #azwx Thoughts go out those missing from the flash flood yesterday.
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Crazy light in the canyon last night. It was only missing some lightning.
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Severe storm crossing the canyon a little while ago. #azwx
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Two shots from the rain shower we were shooting near Santa Rosa, Arizona last Saturday. Might be the saddest looking storm I’ve ever gotten bolts out of.
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What a show over Four Peaks last night!
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Haboob approaching downtown a few minutes ago. #azwx – at Phoenix, AZ
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Nice looking storms southwest of downtown Phoenix. #azwx
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Not much lightning in Phoenix last night but I managed to capture a few. – at Phoenix, AZ
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