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High-powered photo-op on I-40



I was on my way back to Sedona from Los Angeles one evening eight years ago, and I was speeding just ahead of a strong storm front. I became too tired to continue driving after I passed Williams, AZ, so I pulled off and curled up in the back of the little Dodge Shadow. The lightning came alive, and I snapped several shots like these from the backseat.

I usually end this story by saying that the next morning, I drove into Sedona and saw this sight. But I just realized that that was another night, after a much gentler rain (during which time I was already in Sedona, parked at the base Camel Head Mountain).