Friday 11th August 2017 - N Arizona and Grand Canyon
Day 3 of the Monsoon chase saw us targeting a different part of the state namely Northern Arizona where the hot and heat of the deserts is replaced with 6000-8000ft elevations and pine forests and volcanoes and huge canyons. We left early and got onto a developing storm just North East of Sedona, as we were lunching in Flagstaff we gave this little storm about 30 minutes of our time before we pushed onwards. It threw out quite a few Cg bolts and gave us something to break up the long journey.Below :- Monsoon Storm NE of Sedona
After lunch we continued on towards the Grand Canyon and noticed there were some nice storms just to the North and were hopeful these would continue at least until sunset. As sunset approached lightning was still visible but now to our North East over the East Rim towards the Page area. We shot some pictures west at first down the canyon from Lipan Point.
The storm to our North East was easily in shooting distance as it got a little darker so I re-positioned my view East and managed to get some Cg lightning pictures of this pretty storm over the East Rim. Only the 2nd time I have managed to shoot lightning from the Grand Canyon.