Pecos Hank's video: DESERT LIGHTNING - With Drone

Dreamy drone and time lapse photography of monsoon lightning storms captured in August 2021 in New Mexico and Arizona. SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL: www.patreon.com/pecoshank COPYRIGHT PECOS HANK LLC 2020 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO LICENCE FOOTAGE contact Sarah at hankschyma@gmail.com THE NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON We know the deserts of the American southwest and northwestern Mexico as beautiful, mysterious and arid. But around June to mid September, large scale wind shifts can transport moist tropical air here. This is the North American Monsoon. Arizona and New Mexico receive up to half of their annual rainfall during the summer monsoon. Afternoon’s often begin with storms developing over the mountains. These cells can be short lived, existing only 30-40 minutes so the window to capture the lightning can be narrow and challenging. THREE STAGES of THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT In the cell’s developing stage, updrafts can be explosive. This is a great opportunity to capture the first bolts in clear air. In the mature stage, fantastic displays of lightning flicker alongside curtains of rain and in the dissipating stage the storm collapses on itself in a burst of water and wind. A dying storm’s surging outflow boundary will often help initiate another cell updraft and the cycle is born again. Some of these storms venture down into the valleys. A once arid land can make a magical transition to green. Music: "Spanish Caravan" written by the Doors / performed by Pecos Hank "La male'diction de la danse du poulet" Closing music by Pecos Hank