Did a hike connecting Broadside, Abalone, Swell, and Schultz Creek trails. Wildflower season continues to be amazing. Also got to see a horned lizard ("horned toad") that stayed still for a few photos. #hiking #wildflowers #landscape 📷
David Blanchard
@davidblanchard.bsky.social
Atmospheric Scientist, Ph.D., CCM. Chased by storms since 1981. Trail running, mountain biking, skiing. Astro, weather, and landscape photographer. dblanchard.net/blog/
Mountain biking today on Broadside (up) and Full Sail (down). And, of course, a pano shot of Schultz Tank as it continues to shrink in size. Lots of wildflowers, too. #mountainbiking #wildflowers #landscape 📷
Two of my images are a part of the ongoing NightVisions: AMBER juried art exhibition at the Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff, Arizona. Image details for the exhibition submissions are in AltText. #astrophotography #landscape📷 coconinoarts.org/exhibitions/...
Through extraordinary efforts, @windbornewx.bsky.social successfully navigated a controllable balloon above powerful Typhoon Dolphin, descended into its eye, then collected multiple vertical profiles as we circled inside its eye. A first of its kind type of hurricane data collection.
A couple of lightning/rainbow photos from this week. Taken on Anderson Mesa in northern Arizona. #azwx #weather #landscape 📷 #lightning #rainbow
Was surprised to see a pair of paragliders out at Mormon Lake the other day. #landscape 📷 #paraglider
Sunset in Sedona. The last rays of the setting sun gently illuminate the red rocks while also lighting up the underside of these thunderstorm anvils. #azwx #weather #landscape 📷
Trail run this morning on the Arizona Trail from FR418 to Bismarck Lake (which is mostly dry). Lots of ferns and lupines in the meadow sections of the trail. #trailrunning #landscape 📷
Saw these berries while on a trail run yesterday. Turns out they are red baneberry (Actaea rubra) -- and poisonous. #trailrunning #wildflowers
Group run on Oldham, Sunset, and Down Under trails in the Mount Elden Dry Lakes (MEDL) area this morning. Trail conditions were excellent owing to all the recent rain. Wildflowers are doing well, too. #trailrunning #wildflowers #landscape 📷
Did a short and easy 5K this morning. Stopped often to admire and photograph the flowers. #trailrunning #wildflowers #landscape 📷
Thunderstorms developed early over the elevated terrain of the San Francisco Peaks north of Flagstaff. Lots of lightning, hail on the peaks, and heavy rain across town. Lightning image is a composite of five shots in a 4-minute period. #azwx #weather #landscape 📷
Did a mountain bike ride up Schultz Pass Road and down Schultz Creek Trail. The road is temporarily closed so no vehicle traffic. Some rain last night held down the dust. Still plenty of wildflowers. #mountainbike #landscape 📷
Nice band of storms moving off the higher terrain of the San Francisco Peaks and bringing rain to Flagstaff and Kachina Village. Hoping it will dump rain on the remnant hot spots of the Pocket Fire! #azwx #weather #monsoon2026
Have had more rain in the past one hour than the previous two months. Woo-hoo! #azwx #weather #monsoon2026
David Blanchard@davidblanchard.bsky.social · 3w agoIt's been a month since the last measurable precipitation at the Flagstaff airport (KFLG) when 0.08" fell on 06/25. Rain all around us but only a Trace has occurred over the past several days of monsoon activity. Maybe tonight. Or tomorrow. #azwx #weather
Lots of wildflowers appearing on the FUTS (Flagstaff Urban Trail System) north of Fort Tuthill. Captions in Alt Text. Sony RX10-IV. #wildflowers #flagstaff #landscape 📷
Well, well. Looks like the monsoon pattern has arrived in northern Arizona. Now we have to worry about dry lightning for a few days while the forest fuels slowly moisten. • Radar reflectivity • Storm total precipitation #azwx #weather #monsoon2026
Mesoscale convective system (MCS) over nrn Mexico last night sent out a visually impressive packet of gravity waves propagating to the west as seen in this GOES-18 water vapor loop. Monsoon moisture is now present across the srn part of AZ. Let the monsoon begin! #azwx #weather #monsoon2026
Very clear skies (the smoke is gone!) so a good opportunity to do a test shoot of the Milky Way with this lens (Tamron SP 35mm f/1.4 Di USD). Pretty good wide open at ƒ/1.4 and excellent at ƒ/2.8. Nikon D850, 35mm, ƒ/2.8, 243 seconds, ISO 200. Single image. #astrophotography
Today AMS submitted a response to OMB's proposed new federal grantmaking rules. Read AMS’s comments and submit your own by the deadline, Monday 13 July: https://bit.ly/44TYFBF
AMS Expanded Comments on the Office of Management and Budget Proposed Rule on Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
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Did a run on a section of the Arizona Trail that travels through an area with numerous abandoned railroad lines that were built by the timber industry. This section of the AZT is located between Upper Lake Mary and Mormon Lake. #trailrunning #landscape 📷
A bit of sunset color on Tuesday evening. The summer monsoon hasn't started yet around here--but enough moisture to get a few cumuliform clouds. Next week... #azwx #landscape 📷
