We asked Star readers to send us their weather photos of this year's monsoon season and got some truly spectacular images.
Take a look at the entries and let us know your favorites. See the winners at tucson.com/monsoonphotocontest
2015 Monsoon Photo Contest entries
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Evelyn D. Harrison sent in this photo taken from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. She wrote, "The monsoon rains have certainly turned our desert green! I was capturing the green of the desert near sunset with the path and the puddles in the foreground and the falling rain highlighted against the horizon as the sky started to darken and the setting sun began it's show of colors. I took several shots and was thrilled to also be able to capture lightning in this shot."
- Evelyn D. Harrison
Joe Billings sent in this photo of âSaddle Mountain Enshrouded in Fog." He wrote, "At the end of August, after a huge overnight rain, I turned off onto the road to Bog Hole, SE of Patagonia, AZ, and stopped the truck to take this image at 6:00a.m"
- Joe Billings
Brendan Schilling sent in this photo. He wrote, "My wife and I were on our way to dinner in Chandler on Saturday 8/29 when we saw this little beauty developing in front of the setting sun. Just a quick panoramic snapshot from my iPhone 6 and this is what I got - this is completely raw and not post-processed or retouched."
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Steve Perkins submitted this photo. He wrote, "Image shot above Arizona National golf course near Snyder & Houghton Road. Strikes in right portion of image are looking towards Sabino Mountain."
- Steve Perkins
Jennifer Williams sent in this monsoon photo taken from her house in Three Points.
- Jennifer Williams
Gaizka Urreiztieta sent in this monsoon photo taken from the Catalina Mountains.
- Gaizka Urreiztieta
Barry Morrison sent in this photo taken near Vail on Aug. 22.
- Barry Morrison
Mai Le sent in this double rainbow photo.
- Mai Le
James Baker sent in this rattlesnake photo. "This guy came into our garage to get out of the storm. Rural Metro had to remove him."
- James Baker
James Baker sent in this photo.
- James Baker
Bernardo Jimenez sent in this photo taken in midtown Tucson near Swan Road and Speedway Blvd.
- Bernardo Jimenez
Kathy Zwirko sent in this photo.
- Kathy Zwirko
Dennis Kruse sent this photo of a selective rainshower.
- Dennis Kruse
Debbie Angel sent this monsoon photo.
- HEAVENLY IMAGES by DEBBIE ANGEL
James Hill sent this photo of threatening clouds.
- James Hill
A reader sent this photo of rain in Oro Valley.
- littlepoohkane
Mary Snater sent this of clouds over the mountains at Sabino Canyon.
- Mary Snater
A reader sent this photo of clouds at sunset.
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Reader nharden sent this monsoon rainbow.
- nharden
Patricia Howell submitted this photo.
- Patricia Howell
Charlie Ankney sent in this photo taken at Madera Canyon.
- Charlie Ankney
Logan Place submitted this photo taken in the Tanque Verde area.
- Logan Place
Frank Quiroz submitted this photo taken from Sunrise Road looking over Tucson.
- Frank Quiroz
Annie G. Kruse submitted this photo. She wrote, "The Buster Mountain Fire burn in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness south of Catalina State Park after the lightning strike."
- Annie G. Kruse
Scott Hough submitted this sunset rainbow photo.
- Scott Hough
A reader sent in this monsoon photo.
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Peggy submitted this monsoon photo.
- Peggy
Robert Baker submitted this photo taken on Aug. 31 of the Catalina Mountains during a very heavy rainstorm.
- Robert Baker
A reader sent in this monsoon photo.
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Jerrod Harris submitted this photo taken in Safford on July 11, when the sun was setting.
- Jerrod Harris
Doc Freshwater submitted this photo taken over Omni Tucson from the 17th golf hole.
- Doc Freshwater
Joni Johnson submitted this photo taken near Sunsites, Ariz.
- Joni Johnson
Ruth Montgomery submitted this photo taken near Eloy, Ariz.
- Ruth Montgomery
Ray Cleveland submitted this photo taken in Sabino Canyon on Aug. 27.
- Ray Cleveland
Rick Schmitz submitted this photo of a rainbow taken in the Tortolita Mountains.
- Rick Schmitz
Kyle J Goss submitted this monsoon dog photo taken from Rita Ranch.
- Kyle J Goss
Harry Ford submitted this photo of "Lightning Stick Man" taken in the Catalina Mountains from SaddleBrooke, Ariz.
- Harry Ford
Dylan Martin submitted this photo taken from Sentinel Peak.
- Dylan William Rohyans Martin
Eddie Zwirko submitted this monsoon photo.
- Eddie Zwirko
Greg Ganos sent in this photo. He wrote, "Had a audience while I was taking this shot...after feeding the stray dogs that visit my yard every day...here in the Dogpatch."
- Greg Ganos
Christine Ramirez sent in this photo taken near Orange Groove and River Road on Aug. 20.
- Christine Ramirez
Nathan Lukens submitted this monsoon photo.
- Nathan Lukens
Joseph Cyr submitted this cactus rainbow photo taken in Sabino Canyon.
- Joseph Cyr
Greg Ganos submitted this cloud photo.
- Greg Ganos
Anna Orphan submitted this storm photo taken at Columbus Blvd and Fort Lowell Road.
- Anna Orphan
Patrick McCarthy submitted this monsoon lightning strike photo taken in Green Valley.
- Patrick McCarthy
Kevin Reid submitted this double rainbow photo taken right after a monsoon rain.
- Kevin Reid
Jessica Watkins submitted this monsoon photo taken in Casa Grande.
- Jessica Watkins
Evelyn D. Harrison sent in this photo taken from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. She wrote, "The monsoon rains have certainly turned our desert green! I was capturing the green of the desert near sunset with the path and the puddles in the foreground and the falling rain highlighted against the horizon as the sky started to darken and the setting sun began it's show of colors. I took several shots and was thrilled to also be able to capture lightning in this shot."
- Evelyn D. Harrison
Sharon Harring sent in this photo of a Tucson sunset taken on July, 14.
- Sharon Harring
Megann Tyson sent in this photo taken in Lincoln Park during a softball game.
- Megann Tyson
Kent Vincent sent in this lightning photo taken near River Road looking towards downtown on Aug. 11.
- Kent Vincent
Janice M. Ward sent in this cloud photo. "The sky is like a PAINTING!"
- Janice M. Ward
Ken Patrick sent in this lightning photo.
- Ken Patrick
William Loveall sent in this photo taken at Madera Canyon on Aug. 29.
- William Loveall
Megann Tyson sent in this softball monsoon photo.
- Megann Tyson
Sarah Alpert sent in this cloud photo taken in Scottsdale.
- Sarah Alpert
Joe Billings sent in this photo of âSaddle Mountain Enshrouded in Fog." He wrote, "At the end of August, after a huge overnight rain, I turned off onto the road to Bog Hole, SE of Patagonia, AZ, and stopped the truck to take this image at 6:00a.m"
- Joe Billings
Patrick Cobb submitted this monsoon photo taken downtown.
- Patrick Cobb
Herbert Ross sent in this photo of a storm over the Catalina Mountains.
- Herbert Ross
Kay Henshaw sent in this monsoon photo.
- Kay Henshaw
Brendan Schilling sent in this photo. He wrote, "My wife and I were on our way to dinner in Chandler on Saturday 8/29 when we saw this little beauty developing in front of the setting sun. Just a quick panoramic snapshot from my iPhone 6 and this is what I got - this is completely raw and not post-processed or retouched."
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David Gooderham sent in this photo taken by Scott Gooderham at the base of Rincon Mountains during an evening cruise.
- Scott Gooderham
Herbert Ross sent in this photo of a storm over the Catalina Mountains.
- Herbert Ross
Devin Russel sent in this photo taken from his backyard in Oro Valley of a triple lightning strike above Pusch Ride.
- Devin Russel
Bradford Kublin sent in this monsoon photo.
- Bradford Kublin
Robert Callan sent in this photo taken along Old Spanish Trail on August, 11.
- Robert Callan
Brad Holt sent in this microburst photo taken with a camera equipped drone from Swan and Sunrise. "I almost didn't have time to land the drone before the massive storm hit my house."
- Brad Holt
Bob Kerry submitted this wildfire photo taken near the Catalina Mountains on Sunday, Aug. 23.
- Bob Kerry
Donna Lyons sent in this sunset photo taken outside the Voyager RV Resort restaurant on July 14. The photographer has titled the picture, "The Hand of God."
- Donna Lyons
Harry Ford sent in this photo via Facebook of lightning on Mount Kimball at sunset.
- Harry Ford
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Lindsey Glock sent in this monsoon photo via Facebook taken from Talking Stick Resort overlooking the golf course.
- Lindsey Glock
Stephanie January sent in this photo via Facebook of lightning from the east side of Tucson.
- Stephanie January
John Buttrey submitted this photo of lightning taken near Saguaro National Park East on Aug. 1.
- John Buttrey
Randy Dietmeyer submitted this photo taken during a record-breaking heat day in Superstition.
- Randy Dietmeyer
Kathy Espinoza Padilla submitted this monsoon photo.
- Kathy Espinoza Padilla
Robert Scott submitted this photo via Facebook of lightning striking in southeast Tucson looking towards Vail.
- Robert Scott
Stephan Guenot submitted a photo of this sunset taken on Aug. 15.
- Stephan Guenot
Diana Minten submitted this photo via Facebook of a lightning strike taken near 29th Street and Craycroft.
- Diana Minten
Curtis Lueck submitted this monsoon photo taken from his roof near the Tucson Mountains on Aug. 8.
- Curtis Lueck
Bob Kerry submitted this wildfire photo taken near the Catalina Mountains on Sunday, Aug. 23.
- Bob Kerry
Tina Sorce-Zirnheld submitted this lightning photo via Facebook taken in Rancho Sahuartia on Aug. 11, 2015.
- Tina Sorce-Zirnheld
Bob Tenor submitted this photo taken in central Tucson on Aug. 7, 2015.
- Bob Tenor
Russ Weeden submitted this photo taken in Green Valley looking east towards the Santa Rita Mountains.
- Russ Weeden
Gloria Montejo Ferrell submitted this photo taken taken on Aug. 11, after a heavy wind and rain storm near Houghton Road, north of Speedway.
- Gloria Montejo Ferrell
AdriannenArthur Basham submitted this photo via Facebook of a storm in Morenci, Ariz.
- AdriannenArthur Basham
Renee Chamberlain submitted this storm photo via Facebook.
- Renee Chamberlain
Adrian M. Flores submitted this weather photo via Facebook taken from the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis-Monthan.
- Adrian M. Flores
Shauna Smith submitted photo via Facebook of a sunset after a desert storm.
- Shauna Smith
Heather McBride submitted this photo via Facebook of lightning over Morenci, Ariz.
- Heather McBride
Mike Sparky submitted this storm photo via Facebook taken near Kolb Road and I-10 on Aug. 8.
- Mike Sparky
Robert Scott submitted lightning this photo via Facebook taken on Houghton Road looking west.
- Robert Scott
Katie Huppert Moore submitted this photo via Facebook taken on the west side of Tucson looking east.
- Katie Huppert Moore
Reena Giola submitted this photo vis Facebook taken in Vail, Ariz.
- Reena Giola
Papa Packard submitted this photo via Facebook.
- Papa Packard
Ed Mullins submitted this photo taken in Sahuarita.
- Ed Mullins
Rico Valencia submitted this photo via Facbook of a lightning strike behind a rainstorm.
- Rico Valencia
Bradford Kublin submitted this monsoon photo.
- Scott Kublin
Trysh Scott submitted this photo taken in the Catalina Foothills.
- Trysh Scott
Michael Quinn submitted this photo of Push Ridge disappearing in a wall of rain.
- Michael Quinn
Stephen Guerrero submitted this monsoon photo.
- Stephen Guerrero
Lynn Haber submitted this photo taken outside her front door in Pearce, Ariz.
- Lynn Haber
Katherine Murphy submitted this photo taken near Silverbell Mine.
- Katherine Murphy
Colton Blackmore submitted this photo taken at the top of the Saguaro National Monument on Picture Rocks road.
- Colton Blackmore
Elaine Jones submitted this photo taken the northwest side of Tucson, two miles west of I-10, off El Camino del Cerro, on Aug. 11, around 8:30 p.m.
- Elaine Jones
Zachary Walker submitted this double rainbow photo taken on Pontatoc Road, near Catalina Foothills High School.
- Zachary Walker
Bob Kerry submitted this photo of a storm over the Santa Rita Mountains taken from Las Cienegas National Conservation Area.
- Bob Kerry
Lynn Bush-Stephens submitted this photo taken before a storm on Aug.11.
- Lynn Bush-Stephens
Connie Lauth submitted this monsoon photo.
- Connie Lauth
I took the attached photo of lightning strikes from my house in the Tucson mountains. Â The photo is looking east toward downtown Tucson. Aug. 11, 2015
Keith Taylor
- Keith Taylor
Kim Leading submitted this rainstorm photo taken from Sandario Road looking East/Southeast.
- Kim Leading
Jim Connor submitted this raincloud photo taken from Catalina Highway.
- Jim Connor
Guy Fedor submitted this photo taken from Sierra Vista looking south.
- Guy Fedor
Margaret Terrell submitted this photo of a monsoon sunset taken from her front yard in Green Valley.
- Margaret Terrell
Kevin Rimcoski submitted this photo taken at Rita Ranch on August 7, 2015.
- Kevin Rimcoski
Tad Sallee submitted this photo taken over the University of Arizona during a thunderstorm.
- Tad Sallee
Sonya Becker submitted this photo of a storm in the distance taken from her backyard looking east on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015. She wrote, "This storm never hit me, just headed from north to south. You never know where it will end upâĻ"
- Sonya Becker
Jo Pitman submitted this photo taken in Rio Rico looking north towards Tucson.
- Jo Pitman
Terry W. Ford submitted this monsoon cloud photo taken from above when he was flying into the Phoenix Mesa gateway airport.
- Terry W. Ford
Michael Simmons submitted this photo of a double rainbow taken from Casas Adobes facing east towards Mount Lemmon.
- Michael Simmons
Bonnie Quinn submitted this photo of a storm taken in Oro Valley.
- Bonnie Quinn
Jim Kousbaugh submitted this photo taken in Sun City on Aug. 5, 2015.
- Jim Kousbaugh
Dylan Martin submitted this photo taken from Sentinel Peak. Martin's photo earned the readers' pick for this year's monsoon photo contest after taking more than 35 percent of the vote.
- Dylan Martin
Bernardo Jimenez sent in this photo taken in midtown Tucson near Swan Road and Speedway Blvd. Jimenez's photo won the photographer's pick of this year's monsoon photo contest.
- Bernardo Jimenez
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