A stronger thunderstorm developed yesterday evening over the Coachella Valley and provided even more awesome lightning viewing from the Borrego area. Seen here in this timelapse behind the Santa Rosa Mountains with the camera starting a bit after 9:30 pm. www.nbcpalmsprings.com/local-and-co...

A thunderstorm developed over the Salton Sea just about an hour ago. Cloud-based lightning can be seen as it got darker (Video: Sicco Rood).

Fiery sunset minutes earlier above Borrego (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Kit fox pup in front of den (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Waxing gibbous almost full moon (or Harvest Moon) this evening above Fonts Point. Note the people in front of the moon (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Looking towards San Ysidro Ridge and The Thimble yesterday morning just after sunrise (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A normally elusive grey fox in Borrego Palm Canyon this morning fortunately paused for a few seconds (Photo: Sicco Rood).

On the evening of November 11, 2025, rare Northern Lights were visible from Anza-Borrego Desert. A bit of a late video clip of photos stitched together of that late evening (Video: Sicco Rood).

A cumulonimbus cloud behind Travelers Peak (AKA Palm Peak) in its decaying stage on 9-9-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Fonts Point sunrise last Monday (Photo: Sicco Rood).

An otherworldly feel with the lenticular clouds at sunset above Anza-Borrego Desert on 9-5-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A few bighorn sheep pics from Borrego Palm Canyon on 9-6-26 (Photos: Sicco Rood).

Palm-lined street in Borrego Springs during a cloudy sunrise last Sunday (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Afternoon thunderstorms formed directly over higher elevations of the Santa Rosa Mountains yesterday afternoon with localized downpours visible in this timelapse (Video: Sicco Rood).

A partial rainbow south of Sunset Mountain just before sunset yesterday (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Common raven in Borrego Palm Canyon yesterday under cloudy skies.

Sunset above Borrego Springs this evening (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Remnants of a dissipating thunderstorm (orphan anvil) last Monday north of Yuma, AZ. As seen here approximately 140 miles (225 km) west from Borrego Springs at sunset (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A stationary lenticular cloud formation above San Ysidro Mountain at sunset on the 23rd this month.

A waning gibbous moon setting behind the rocky slopes of Dry Canyon this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A thunderstorm started building south of Texas Dip earlier this evening. Spider lightning shown here moving north towards Mecca (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A rainbow yesterday evening with Sunset Mountain and Fonts Point seen here lit up for a few more moments by the setting sun (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A monsoonal humid sunset with pink clouds above Sunset Mountain earlier last week (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Desert spiny lizard at Borrego Palm Canyon earlier this week (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Kit fox pup with a alert and perhaps suspicious assessing-threat-level look. Early July in the Borrego Badlands (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A bighorn ram getting a good drink at the Borrego Palm Canyon desert pupfish pond on a hot Thursday last week (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Dissipating clouds from this afternoon's monsoonal thunderstorms near Warner Springs and Julian created a nice sunset show above Anza-Borrego Desert (Video: Sicco Rood).

The full "Buck" moon rising over Anza-Borrego Desert on July 29th 7:15 pm (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Five kit fox pups were having a great time playing and chasing each other around the Borrego Badlands early July (Video: Sicco Rood). Higher quality version: youtu.be/fBtyY23efek?...

Kit fox pup on the lookout this morning in the Borrego Badlands (Photo: Sicco Rood).