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There are really not many words to describe this dust storm, or what we call it here (and they also do in places like the Sahara Desert)…a haboob.
This was a haboob of a lifetime. I’ve lived in Phoenix for my entire 35 years of existence and have never seen anything like this before. It was incredible. I stood on the top of a 4-story parking garage just off 7th street and McDowell and couldn’t believe it. Some dude raced up next to me a bit too late with a video camera. People were snapping photos and posting them EVERYWHERE like madmen, me included.
This is a timelapse of the haboob. I wish I could have lasted five more seconds, but the dust was so thick, daytime turned into night instantaneously.
Below are two images from the haboob, one in color and one in B&W!
Mike is a Phoenix Wedding Photographer based in Arizona and can be contacted via all the normal methods and then some.
mikey…unreal timelapse… i love how the lights start popping on under the dust as day turns to night…amazing. So glad you were downtown to get this!!!!!!
Awesome Mike! Friggin fantastic!! Love it.
awesome photo and great video! thanks for sharing it! i posted in on my FB wall for people to see what we saw today.
Awesome job Mike! I just saw your fantastic work of this on our local newscast all the way up here in Seattle .
this is incredible Mike.this Storm has also made international News ( seen in New Zealand Main Channel News coverage) . However the news coverage I saw was no where as awesome as what you have just captured. thanks for sharing this incredible event.
WOW…utterly speechless…I wish I could have been there to watch that roll in like that.
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Great capture! Another 5secs would have been nice too – but we definitely get the full sense from this. It was massive.
Video of Huge Arizona Dust Storm, Haboob, 5 July 2011
Wow great time-lapse man! I have a video from driving in that crap tonight… Linked to this page from there too cause… dang that’s a great capture.
http://upchuck.us/arizona-dust-storm-july-2011/
Kudos on being prepared and thinking fast on this. I was shooting engagements in Gilbert and didn’t even notice the MASSIVE wall of dust until 45 seconds before it hit us. Let me know the next time you guys plan on doing a photowalk.
WOW! Awesome job capturing that as a timelapse…that’s one that you’ll be able to cherish forever.
I’ve never seen one that big. Great time lapse.
Wow, talk about being in the right place at the right time (with the right equipment, that is totally awesome. I have some friends I’ll direct here, they live in Canada, and may not have seen this.
Awesome! Good work. Makes me miss Phoenix.
That is amazing! Great job capturing this, Mike! Cough, Cough… I can feel the dust in my lungs …
Wow! That’s all I can say to that video…I had no idea what a haboob was.
Amazing time-lapse! I live in AZ and was already home when all of this took place and didn’t even know it until watching the late local news. I will follow you on twitter for sure!
That was insane last night. How was it driving home after all that?
This is awesome! We had to cut football practice short though…
I thought a haboob might involve a pinata, not a photo friend fleeing for their life. That is unreal!
Awesome timelapse and photo! What a crazy weather phenomenon to capture! We went outside afterwards and it looked a bit apocalyptic!
Awesome.
Wow! Not much else I can say – what a sight and what a great capture!
Absolutely SICK! Great capture Mike. Love the timelapse and the B&W conversion of the still! You are famous (more famous)!
Mike,
Thanks for sharing this fantastic video. To see the ‘haboob’ like this is amazing. I love the black and white still you captured. This was our first ‘dust storm’ and of course it just happened to be ‘biggest one’ for years
Congrats bud! That truly was an amazing capture. Like you said – ‘Once in a lifetime!’
HOWDY , I LIVED IN MOROCCO FOR A YEAR + , THANKS TO UNCLE SAM …. WE WERE MILES AND MILES OUT IN THE DESERT , SAW THESE THINGS ALMOST DAILY …. THE LOCALS CALLED THINGS , SOROCCOS …. NEVER HEARD THE TERM HABOOB …. THANKS FOR THE GREAT PHOTOS !!!!!!!!!! BILL
Wow I saw this on the news last night but your photo is unbelievable.
Great shots and time lapse, Mike. This was one for the ages and I’m glad you documented it!
WOW! Awesome job capturing that time lapse! That is a serious dust cloud!
Fantastic work! Never thought I’d see this in the US. Although we have our fair share of desert, we don’t typically have the other conditions to produce this.
The weather sure is going wonky!
HOLY CRAP! Absolutely amazing!
AMAZING!!!
Glad you are safe!
Your new Tucson Friend,
Mia
Mike,
Thanks for posting the time lapse. Great job.
As it got closer and closer I wondered, when is he going to run for it?
Awesome timelapse man!
Your logistical effort paid off- the view of that storm was incredible but your footage was superb! I truly enjoyed it!
And the lightning storm footage as well!
Impressive. Great video. I’ve never seen anything like this before.
Unreal Mike! That it just amazing to look at, fantastic capture.
That’s freaking unreal man. Nice job capturing this!
Mike , Congratulations I think your video is awesome ! ! !
That is SO INCREDIBLE. I love the vantage point you chose for this and the use of time lapse. I grew up out there with the dust storms…always thought they were fun. But this one…wow. I probably would have been freaked out a little.
I like that b/w pic!
This is fantastic! I am happy you got the chance to get it on the camera! Good work my friend!
Man Mike, you weren’t kidding!!! WOW! This is just beyond incredible!!! Enjoy your weekend!!!
That is absolutely incredible! I think I watched it 30 times now and have shared it with all my email contacts. Jaw dropping! Great job. And I also saw the footage, and YOU, on Channel 3 news.
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Incredible capture!