So, that was kind of big...
A giant thunder storm has formed over much of my large state. Not only is it spectacular to witness, it is loud, I have been listening to the thunder since around 5pm Mountain and it's 2.5 hours later and it's still rumbling.
What it looks like from above...
https://www.aviationweather.gov/satellite/plot?region=cod
What I saw as it was building as it passed over , well, it's not all the way past yet.
It sure did cool things down. I hope all of you out there in the heat have a nice cool evening.
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It can get pretty dusty if there's a pollen dump and no rain to wash it to the ground. Up in mountaintown, where I lived not long ago, there would be so much pine pollen in season that puddles were amazing psychedelic, artistic surprises in the parking lots and mud puddles in the woods.
And that's a color picture... pollen in a puddle in the parking lot in the evening. 
I saw some here the other day and called my son up to look at them. You don't see those around here very often.
It was still 88F out and my neighbor came out to take pictures too because they were so amazing. We were right under the edge of the anvil.
Right now the sun is between clouds and earth so expecting another rainbow before it's over.
The sky and its events fascinate me. One of the very few things I miss about not looking at the world through a windshield that I kind of miss sometimes is watching the sky all day and night.
I just got back from walking my doggo around a little lake close to my house. The sunset was spectacular. The temp is 76 F and there is a slight breeze. So calming.
