Standerd Slides

Subject: Phoenix Arizona Desert Monsoon
Photo: Steven Hahn
TSQ Location: Book 1.4, Critique Section, Page 84

With temperatures rising above 110 degrees in the Phoenix Valley, water can become a commodity. Lake and reservoir levels can drop dramatically making it difficult to even launch your boat, let alone wakeboard.

Summer monsoons provide much needed rainfall and create the most amazing lightning shows you’ve ever seen.

As a new father, I woke up to my daughter crying around midnight because of loud thunder and lightning. As I stood in the living room I looked out and saw a lightning bolt strike across the street. It was so big it set off the car alarms on my block.

I grabbed my camera gear and headed to Squaw Peak to try and capture some of the storm. I had been chasing storms all summer but they’re gone just as fast as they appear.

On the way out of town I was flagged down by two fire trucks motioning for me to get off the street. Still, I reached my desired location and set up for the shot.

By this time the storm was dissipating and I was certain I missed yet another great storm.

After taking a number of shots I was lucky enough to snap this large bolt of lightning over downtown Phoenix just before the storm was gone.

- Hahn
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