Please Note: Due to the Desert Gala, there will be no Theater Animal Experience Fri 4/25 - Mon 4/28. The Ironwood Restaurant will close at noon on Sun 4/27. The Ironwood Gift Shop, Baldwin Gallery, and the Desert Garden will be closed all day Sun 4/27.

Top image: A single, strong convection cell drifts toward the Santa Catalina Mountains. A storm of this size creates violent downdraft winds and can drop two inches (50 mm) or more of rain in less than an hour. The photographer, about five miles away, remained dry that day.
Lower 2 images: More distant views of a similar storm.






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