In the desert, desperately waiting for the change in seasonal winds from the west to the south requires a steady, reserved patience. But like clockwork, nearly every year this change in winds brings about the North American Monsoon when life giving rains become a daily occurrence in the southwestern states. On this clear July 2021 night, I was shooting the stars in the sky until clouds began to rise above the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson, Arizona. I readied my camera just in time to capture a single visible strike that heralded the beginning of the monsoon in the Sonoran Desert.