Beth is up this week for Lens Artists Photo Challenge #353 – Stormy. I often brag about our perfect weather at the beach — but I have lived in plenty of places with storms, especially the desert. We had some fantastic sunsets, but I don’t missing cleaning up after the monsoons.

This next storm is just a “mild” rain shower compared to the Arizona storms, but it created some interesting lighting over the mountains at Anza Borrego State Park.

Sometimes, we get storms in California. While some of us are trying to figure out how to function (thinking about our drivers!) in it, these surfers don’t seem to mind it at all.

If we are lucky, we also get rainbows with these storms. I don’t normally like my passenger-princess point-of-view snapshots from behind the windshield, but I liked the vibrant yellow jeep in front of us with the rainbow overhead. This was on our way to the North Shore in Oahu — beautiful road in between all the pineapple fields.

I hope everyone is having a peaceful week. No storms on the horizon for our long weekend here!
These are really mesmerizing
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Thank you! Glad you liked!
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Lovely selections
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Thank you!
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That top one is very dramatic. Hawaii isn’t known as the rainbow state for nothing. I’d never seen so many low rainbows until I moved here.
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I do have many rainbow photos from Oahu. Your state is beautiful!
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The suns rays and the rainbow are my favourites
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I enjoyed your series of ‘stormy’ weather, especially the image with the surfers.
I think it makes all the difference taking photos with just a couple of people in the distance or walking along an empty beach. The images are so much more interesting (to me).
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What a beautiful assortment of skies!! The yellow jeep added a cool vibe to the rainbow picture.
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Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed. My husband is now inspired to get a Jeep on our next trip there. 😂
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You’re welcome! I can see why your husband would want a Jeep! The drives would be so fun with all the beautiful trees. and the ocean views. Hawaii is a wonderful place for bright colors. When I’m there, I get encouraged to wear bright colors…something I don’t normally do.
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Me too — I have all the flower shirts and dresses…although I do try to wear them here in SoCal at the beach too 😅
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We should just wear the flowers shirts and dresses. Why not?!
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Dawn, thank you so much for joining the stormy challenge! I really enjoyed your gallery of stormy images. I love the first one of the person walking on the beach with the storm clouds and the rainbow with the yellow jeep. Well done!
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Thank you! I’m glad you liked! I have a million rainbow photos, so it was fun trying to pick just one.
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Your stormy clouds really capture the dramatic colors so unique to each weather event. Hawaii is the king of beautiful clouds and rainbows. Gorgeous photos!
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Thank you!
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The second image of the monsoon in Arizona is incredible. The rainbow is pretty fantastic too. 😁
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Thank you! I hated the clean up after those monsoons, but it did provide spectacular photo ops.
And who doesn’t love a rainbow? 🌈
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I’ve never seen such a low rainbow before! 🙂
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There are so many there in Hawaii. This one was actually over the ocean and we were at the top of a hill going down to the ocean—so it’s sort of an optical illusion.
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