On the first night of my annual monsoon workshop in 2016, we chased an insane haboob late into the night and then on the way back stumbled across some intense lightning as it moved across Interstate 8 between Yuma and Gila Bend.
Such a crazy night and what a start to a workshop!
Mike Olbinski is an Emmy-winning filmmaker, photographer, and storm chaser based in Phoenix, Arizona. For more than 15 years, he’s documented extreme weather across the Central Plains and the Desert Southwest capturing tornadoes, lightning, haboobs (dust storms), and the monsoon with a focus on cinematic storytelling and technical precision.
