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LOOPY CG - WILCOX PLAYA 8-20-2002 (v)
A long faint lightning cloud to ground (CG) bolt drops from a mid day storm as a distant train crosses the Wilcox Playa in southeastern Arizona. |
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CG - WILCOX, AZ 8-20-2002 (v)
Only a couple of cloud to ground (CG) lightning bolts occured with these weak late day storms. |
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PEAK MOON - COOPER PEAK MTN, AZ 8-20-2002 (s)
The full moon appears to be temporarily resting atop this mountain peak in southeastern Arizona. |
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TOWERING CUMULUS - CHIRICHAHUA N.P., AZ 8-21-2002 (s)
A towering cumulus cloud rises above the mountainous terrain of Chirichahua National Park in southeastern AZ. |
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TOWERING CUMULUS 2 - CHIRICHAHUA N.P., AZ 8-21-2002 (s)
The beauty of a towering cumulus is reflected in a small pool of water left in the rocks by an earlier storm. Thunder could be heard from this developing storm when this photo was taken. |
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RINGS of SATURN - LOCO HILLS, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
These curious "rings of saturn" may have been created when this towering cumulus cloud punched thru an earlier pileus cloud. |
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OLD & NEW CONVECTION - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
A beautiful blending of old and new convection can be seen in this photo. As a new updraft begins to form to the right, the fibrous anvil remnants from an earlier storm appear near the top of this photo. |
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A STORM BEGINS - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
An "updraft bubble" begins to grow in this line of weak convection just as the sun sets. Notice that a weak rain shaft has developed below the cloud base. |
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MONSOON STORM 1 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (v)
A bubble of convection has grown into a fledgling cumulonimbus cloud and produces its first CG (cloud to ground) lightning as the cloud top reaches about 15,000 feet. |
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MONSOON STORM 2 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
A picture perfect thunderstorm reaches maturity and spreads an anvil over the eastern plains of New Mexico. |
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MONSOON STORM 3 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
This isolated thunderstorm remained nearly stationary well after sunset. Photo scheduled to publish in 2005 Weather U.S.A. calendar. |
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MONSOON STORM 4 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
This thunderstorm continues to grow as the sky darkens over eastern New Mexico. |
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MONSOON STORM 5 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
The lights of Artesia, New Mexico can be seen below this isolated thunderstorm as nightfall approaches. |
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MULTIPLE CG'S - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
A closer view of the lightning activity after nighfall. |
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MULTIPLE CG'S 2 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
Cloud to ground lightning and anvil crawlers over Artesia, New Mexico. |
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LIGHTNING! 1 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
CG (Cloud to Ground) lightning bolts filmed very close to the base of an isolated monsoonal thunderstorm in eastern New Mexico. |
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LIGHTNING! 2 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
CG (Cloud to Ground) lightning bolts, one in clear air...the other (right) imbedded in the rain shaft. |
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LIGHTNING! 3 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
These lightning bolts exhibit a "windswept" appearance. |
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LIGHTNING! 4 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
CG (Cloud to Ground) lightning bolts filmed very close to the base of an isolated monsoonal thunderstorm in eastern New Mexico. |
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LIGHTNING! 5 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
CG (Cloud to Ground) lightning bolts filmed very close to the base of an isolated monsoonal thunderstorm in eastern New Mexico. |
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LIGHTNING! 6 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
CG (Cloud to Ground) lightning bolts filmed very close to the base of an isolated monsoonal thunderstorm in eastern New Mexico. |
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LIGHTNING! 7 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
CG (Cloud to Ground) lightning bolts filmed very close to the base of an isolated monsoonal thunderstorm in eastern New Mexico. |
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PUMPJACK LIGHTNING - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
Lightning back lights a pump jack in eastern New Mexico. |
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PUMPJACK LIGHTNING 2 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (v)
Lightning back lights a pump jack in eastern New Mexico. |
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PUMPJACK LIGHTNING 3 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (v)
Lightning back lights a pump jack in eastern New Mexico. |
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PUMPJACK LIGHTNING 4 - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (v)
Lightning back lights a pump jack in eastern New Mexico. |
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BRANCHED LIGHTNING - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (s)
A pair of highly branched CG's (cloud to ground) lightning bolts light up the sky near Artesia, New Mexico. |
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MOON & LIGHTNING - ARTESIA, NM 8-22-2002 (v)
Lightning illuminates a distant storm on the eastern horizon as a full moon rises. |
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