Developing Storm by junge1
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This picture was taken from San Manuel, a mining town located in the Upper San Pedro River Valley. The copper mine that created and supported this community was closed in 2003.
While I checked out this town and wondered how the remaining people here make a living since there is no longer any mining activity, the clouds were building up and moving from the South to the North (left to right). On the left side of the picture are the Santa Catalina Mountains (Mt. Lemmon 9,157-ft - 2,791m), and the storm was developing over them. Thunder could be heard, occasional lightning, and precipitation began to fall out of them, but little did I know that less than an hour later I was caught in this and by then it was a much stronger system.
The view is toward the West in the direction of Oracle and Oracle Junction.
This picture was taken on 16 June 2012 at 2:37PM,
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Comments (34)
danapommet
The southwest has the fastest developing storms that I have ever seen. You really think about storms like this when you head into places like Paria Canyon and there is no exit from the flash floods that storms like this can cause!
wizardofnoz
Superb Capture!
Celart
great panorama and shot. Well done
Maxthon
Wow. Amazing photo!