Photo of a haboob (dust storm) rolling over the suburbs of Pheonix, AZ, USA ahead of a monsoon thunderstorm.
I captured this photo out of an airplane window as we were departing the city on flight in August 2016, ultimately flying over the dust and providing a surreal view below.
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I lived in Mesa in the mid-eighties and remember them well. I once stepped outside to see how bad that would be, and it was pretty bad. Sandy dirt got in my eyes and nose and shirt pocket. A few years later, I also walked through a dust devil in the desert. It was right there, how could I resist? It was a similar experience, though the dust devil had more force.
