You can easily monitor the skies of Phoenix, be it sunrise or sunset, courtesy of a quintet of cameras placed around the Valley of the Sun in order to monitor visibility and air quality. This photo was taken by the camera trained on Camelback Mountain. To see this view in the present, along with the other four available views from the Phoenix visibility cams, simply follow this link.

The leading edge of a tremendous thunderstorm on 8-14-8.

The light show from constant bolts of lightning are spectacular enough, but when combining the colors of sunset, the performance becomes nearly unbelievable! Saguaro NP West, AZ.

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The service at this restaurant is better than any I've had elsewhere in Phoenix.

Phoenix has definitely Not been a good place for asthmatics lately.

Thick clouds envelop the desert sky as a powerful storm builds across the horizon. Saguaro NP West, AZ.

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Have A Great Year 8! Stay safe and squeeky clean!

Amidst an intense storm, a bolt of lightning splits the desert sky. Saguaro NP West, AZ.

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Rio Salado Park, on South Seventh Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona.

After weeks of unrelentingly clear blue, boring skies, Phoenix suddenly experienced a cavalcade of colorful cloud canopies. The arrival of some cloud cover also brought an end to a 14-day streak of consecutive days with temperatures above 100 degrees F -- not a common phenomenon in May!

Although this looks like a tint-job, the sun did all the tinting here, and these are the actual colors and tones captured in the RAW image.

This was shot near Baseline Road at about 19th Avenue on the afternoon of June 27, 2008, during the Gila River fire. Behind me and to my left, the sun was shining through a clear blue sky, but to my left and in front of me, thick black smoke was sucking away all the light. A crisp, clear line of demarcation between light and dark bordered this canal, so that the palm trees and the ground beneath them were well lit, but everything else in view was as dark as though night had fallen.

A scene reminiscent of Dante, this is west Phoenix, at sunset on November 27, 2007, as seen from atop the city morgue.

Morning in Phoenix as viewed from South Mountain

This is from one of my first photo-journeys to South Mountain with my first camera, the Cannon Powershot S3IS.

Fictional and real-life drama sit cheek-by-jowl on Washington Street in downtown Phoenix, where the Dodge Theater is neighbor to the Phoenix Municipal Court.

South Mountain, November 13, 2008

After socked-in skies and pouring rain for two consecutive days, the blue that returned to our skies, having been swept free of pollution, seemed much bluer and prettier than usual.

... is that you up on that cloud, Bowbow?

Sometimes the desert feels like the oasis and the city seems like the dry and barren wasteland.

The view from my office window on Thursday, 4-5-7, at the start of sunset.

Uptown Phoenix as viewed from downtown Phoenix on June 17, 2008.

This is the view of Phoenix from Sky Harbor International Airport.

Sunset has begun coinciding with quitting time at work.

Camelback Mountain is probably the most widely known landmark in Phoenix, but since the mountain only has one "hump," it actually resembles a dromedary, A camel would have two humps.

See: Camels and dromedaries

My parents almost decided to retire to Phoenix, but opted for the Southeast, instead. I often wish they lived closer.

Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, at sunset on January 23, 2008.