A massive dust storm, also known as a haboob, hit Phoenix, AZ on Sunday and the images are amazing!
A surreal image captures a distinct layer in the atmosphere between the thunderstorm above that creates the dust storm below with its herculean updraft.
https://twitter.com/TylerHerrick/status/767816362249097216
Then, this timelapse shows how someone on the ground might experience the sudden onslaught of sand and wind.
Of course, beauty can be found even when mother nature gets violent.
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There’s a great deal more beauty from this vantage point than when I lived there. The sudden darkness was downright eerie. After it was over the real dread crept in because you knew what the pool would have almost a foot of dessert marinating at the bottom and you hoped you wouldn’t have to buy another new filter.