Stock photography picture of Lightning over Tucson Skyline Supperior Courts Building and County Courthouse Downtown Tucson Arizona

AG77J7 - Licenced Caption Lightning over Tucson Skyline Supperior Courts Building and County Courthouse Downtown Tucson Arizona Description Lightning over Tucson Supperior Courts Building and County Courthouse Downtown Tucson Arizona USA Keywords Willett and Lightningsmiths to see my other weather images Lightning bolts during a lightning rain storm and thunderstorm The electrical current from the lightning bolt travels from the earth to the sky although the invisible pathways called Dart leader or stepped leaders trickle down from the dark clouds above Once one of these invisible pathways make contact with the charge building the ground the invisible pathways are lit up when the energy flows back to the cloud from the ground. These small branches of energy coming off the main channel of the lightning strike. These storms are called Monsoon because of the southerly winds bringing moisture up from the mountains in Mexico. This moisture encounters the steep mountains in the Arizona desert and summer temperatures over 100 degrees these conditions make the skys begin to boil with developing thunderstorms. The powerful nature and force of these storms can be frightening Dramatic act of God connected cloud to the ground lighting strike 40,000 volts of electricity emit light on the night sky Keywords Willett,, Lightningsmiths,, city,, Skyline, Cities, South, West, southwest, Night,, rain,, Thunderbolt,,, lightning,,, storm,,, night,,, thunder,,, thunderstorm,,, lightningstorm,,, energy,,, electricity,,, power,,, Tucson,,, danger,,, storm,,, weather,,, clouds,