Mike Olbinski Photography
Power
Drove 45 minutes for about 14 minutes worth of shooting and that was it...but what a way to kick off Monsoon 2017 four nights ago just northeast of Casa Grande. Storms moving southwest towards that area weren't dying out like expected, so the kids and I went into emergency drill mode and got everything in the car in record time, and bolted to McCartney Road just off I-10 and watched some crazy bolts flash before us.
The storm itself was different, not sure why. Bolts were arcing out away from the cell over and over which seemed unusual...and I thought I saw some striations up in the cloud base briefly, but was hard to tell. Definitely a lot of drama with the downburst and dust exploding southwestward. That area is one of my favorites for that very reason...all that dust and flatness just adds so much to an image.
Power
Drove 45 minutes for about 14 minutes worth of shooting and that was it...but what a way to kick off Monsoon 2017 four nights ago just northeast of Casa Grande. Storms moving southwest towards that area weren't dying out like expected, so the kids and I went into emergency drill mode and got everything in the car in record time, and bolted to McCartney Road just off I-10 and watched some crazy bolts flash before us.
The storm itself was different, not sure why. Bolts were arcing out away from the cell over and over which seemed unusual...and I thought I saw some striations up in the cloud base briefly, but was hard to tell. Definitely a lot of drama with the downburst and dust exploding southwestward. That area is one of my favorites for that very reason...all that dust and flatness just adds so much to an image.