On the Bubble's Edge: Meteorological Fireworks
It's not yet Independence Day, but for people along Colorado's northern Front Range, the fireworks arrived early.
I took the photo above just a couple of miles north of Boulder at 6:45 Thursday evening just as thunderstorms were sweeping in. The view is to the northwest, over the foothills of the Rockies. A sheet of rain and hail is to the right. The towering cumulus cloud catching the evening sunlight beyond moved off onto the plains and coalesced with other clouds, producing quite a dow