Photos: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Cool Summer Nights
The theme for Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's weekly 2022 Cool Summer Nights on July 16 was "Mad About Monsoon."
The museum is open until 9pm each Saturday in Summer, through Aug. 27. Next theme for Cool Summer Nights is "Insect Insanity" on July 23.
For more information, go to desertmuseum.org
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Docent Floyd Newsom, left, and visitor Hans Huth take a closer look at some of the insects attracted to the black light lamps, one of the education stations set up along the walks at the Mad About Monsoons edition of the Cool Summer Nights at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum on July 16, 2022.
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A sting ray nuzzles up to Lily Sierra as she and her dad Jose take advantage of the Mad About Monsoons edition of the Cool Summer Nights at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Ariz., July 16, 2022. The night included a talk from storm chasers Lori Bailey and Liz Kemp, a sing-along and animal show, a presentation about flash floods from Pima County Regional Flood Control District's Lynn Orchard and the live animal exhibits. The next scheduled Cool Summer Nights is July 23, Insect Insanity.
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The museum's cougar takes a close look back at the visitors taking a look at him during the Mad About Monsoons edition of the Cool Summer Nights at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Ariz., July 16, 2022.
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Visitors line up to get photos of the storm moving through to the west and the colorful sunset during the Mad About Monsoons edition of the Cool Summer Nights at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum on July 16, 2022.
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A pair of desert big horn sheep stand over the onlookers from their boulder perch during the Mad About Monsoons edition of the Cool Summer Nights at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Ariz., July 16, 2022.
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The museum's beaver plies the waters near an observation window during the Mad About Monsoons edition of the Cool Summer Nights at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Ariz., July 16, 2022.
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Visitors walk a trail as the sun sets over the grounds at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum during Cool Summer Nights, Mad About Monsoons, Tucson, Ariz., July 16, 2022.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
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