Photo Gallery #46-Rainy Season Cloudscapes
The
heat and the humidity in southwestern Chad can produce incredibly
violent thunderstorms, as well as beautiful cloudscapes, before
and after the tempest.
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This
ended up being a massive storm that arrived just before
sunset- the clouds started rolling in before the sun
had actually gone down though, making a cool eclipse-like
effect.
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The
storms would often gather in the east, gradually making
their way towards us...
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Growing
larger, |
And
more ominous. |
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This
one actually missed us in the end, veering off just before
the wind was about to pick up. |
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A
typical rainy-season Chadian view. |
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Sunset,
as the storm dissipated. |
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of the biggest rains we had began on a calm day... |
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Gradually,
the clouds increased. |
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sky darkened. |
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Before
long, the sun was completely gone. |
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at 2:00 PM, it looked like evening... |
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Just
moments before the deluge began. |
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that night, after a massive rain, it dissispated enough
to see the full moon, barely. |
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