While checking out the fireworks show at Central Christian Church in Mesa, AZ on 7/4/01, this little monsoon storm blew up in the east and quickly made for a photographic competition of light and sound!
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While checking out the fireworks show at Central Christian Church in Mesa, AZ on 7/4/01, this little monsoon storm blew up in the east and quickly made for a photographic competition of light and sound!