Photos: The Week That Was
It was a dark and stormy The Week That Was in The Old Pueblo, July 14 - 18, 2026, Tucson, Ariz.
Guide Jim Schweder gathers his nighttime tour groups for a talk on the way to the Tasogida Ki: Center for Astronomy Outreach on a cloudy night this month at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
The sun sets on a monsoon night over the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
A pari of killdeer investigate the shallows along one of the ponds in the Kino Environmental Restoration Project just north of the Kino Sports Complex, Tucson, Ariz., July 15, 2026.
A wild sunflower grows along the wetland shore of one of the ponds in the Kino Environmental Restoration Project just north of the Kino Sports Complex, Tucson, Ariz., July 15, 2026.
A pedestrian braves the wet, colorful night, walking down Stone at Congress as a monsoon storm drops a steady rain over Tucson, Ariz., July 16, 2026.
A cyclist rides by Tucson Fire Department personnel monitoring the Santa Cruz River at the Silverlake Road bridge on the report of at least one person swept down the Julian Wash following heavy rains, Tucson, Ariz., July 17, 2026.
Two men try to rig a tow on a stalled car in a side wash at Acacia Club Lane and Country Club Road in the midst of afternoon monsoon storm dropping heavy rain, Tucson, Ariz., July 17, 2026.
An aircraft flies towards several bolts of lightning striking down as a monsoon storms rolls through southeast of Tucson, Ariz., July 18, 2026. The storms skirted the city for the most part.
A lightning bolt hits in Vail, Ariz., as the monsoon storm largely skirts to the southeast of Tucson, Ariz., July 18, 2026.
A monsoon boils up west of Tucson, Ariz., dropping a little bit of rain on the extreme edge of the city, July 18, 2026.
Kelly Presnell
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