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Late season in Tucson but with the heat and humidity the monsoon is hanging on a little longer. A storm cloud and lightning illuminating the foothills and desert plants. The planet Jupiter shines brightly in the upper right.
The reward near the end of a recent hike - a great view of the approaching sunset over Tucson. And a reminder to get it in gear after the shot, as I didn't have a flashlight other than my phone - so much for the ten essentials!
This is a shot of a lifetime for me, I have seen the aurora many times in the arctic and it is of course better and amazing, but this is Tucson, near Mexico. The color of the sky, the color of clouds with the odd contrast, the stars............ this is amazing. This is early in the night immediately after full darkness when the aurora was brightest (so far). Nikon Z7II and Nikon 50 mm F1.8. This is the view from my driveway ! A little Moonlight is a fill light- for the landscape.
An epic night across the globe- but an aurora like this in Tucson is amazing and the colors otherworldly. The colors were redder-magenta than to purple.. when purple it was purple haze. A rattlesnake slithered past at one point about 20 feet away, minding its own business, leaving me to my own business, An astro event of the year for Tucson AZ latitude.
A Queen Butterfly Danaus gilippus at the butterfly garden of the Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona
This type of storm is common in Tucson during monsoon season yielding many small discrete downbursts that can dump a quarter or third of an inch of rain Being directly under one results in lightning thunder wind and a lot of rain, but seen from a short distance away these downbursts are remarkable to watch.
Copyright (c) 2006 Gary Minniss
See the set "Tucson Colors" for a description of this place.
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Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-P1
Lens focal length: 8mm
f-stop 2.8
Shutter speed: 1/120 (0.008 seconds)
ISO Setting: 100
The shot was made near sunset with fast fading light. I was on a balcony, which is part of the same building complex.
I used Photoshop 7.1 to sharpen (usharp mask). I set the levels properly and increased saturation slightly.
The first photo which shows the unique color scheme of this Tucson business center.
Captured in 830 nm cutoff infrared with converted camera.
This photo is from my backyard above Tucson city where the storm looked intense. I did not get a drop of rain but as the storm progressed I had a front row view of the intense storm over Tucson.
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Yesterday and today here in the USA, much is being made of
March 2020 as being the start of the pandemic here.
It was actually in January. It wasn't until March that it couldn't be ignored any longer.
Our son who had spent the previous couple years in Tucson getting his masters and was back in Albuquerque, was supposed to fly to Denver for a job opportunity. We were relieved when he decided to forego that interview and not get on a plane to Denver which was the next hotspot after Seattle.
Instead we drove to Tucson to pack up all his stuff and bring everything back to ABQ.
The whole time I was hoping that the virus hadn't made it there yet.
On 11 March, our Governor announced that the first virus cases were found in Socorro, New Mexico. Members of a family had traveled to Egypt and returned with the virus.
Of course Mike and I had stopped on the 8th in Socorro and while he put gas in the moving truck, I went into McDonald's to get food. The customers there matched the description of the ones that had brought back the virus.
Turned out okay of course.
Since everyone in the news business is making a big deal of it being one year now, I thought I'd look back in my photo folders.
The stay at home mandate in New Mexico began on 16Mar20.
This week, as our counties are doing better achieving goals, more openings are happening.
It is hard to look back at the beginning of this, and realize that as of today:
2,650,726 deaths world wide.
545,378 deaths in the US.
The tallest building in Tucson. Tucson has a lame downtown and skyline. Especially for a city larger than Atlanta GA. Wish they would build some tall ones!
But the city council has an anti-growth campaign going on. Don't know why... actually I do, but I'm not going to get into politics.
The old sign from Wallace's Cowboy Outfitters on First Ave in Tucson. The store had many famous customers over the years including Lee Marvin, John Wayne and Raquel Welch before closing in 1990.
Please Tucson, refurbish this historic neon sign!
Restore!
... and Happy Sliders Sunday!