Please Note: Due to the Desert Gala, there will be no Theater Animal Experience Fri 4/25 - Mon 4/28. The Ironwood Restaurant will close at noon on Sun 4/27. The Ironwood Gift Shop, Baldwin Gallery, and the Desert Garden will be closed all day Sun 4/27.

After a big thunderstorm the sky often remains cloudy until after dark, extending the welcome cooling such storms bring. This scene was taken near the Desert Museum's cactus garden 30 years ago.


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