Residents in Phoenix, Arizona experienced a large sandstorm, or haboob, earlier this week. It looks big and scary, but that didn’t stop some intrepid photogs from making some great photos of the weather. You can read more about it on Yahoo! News, or check out more photos in Flickr Search.

Photos by daniel_bryant, Cathy Franklin, Kates_Gallery, crmarks, joecrowaz, d2-photos, d2-photos, rejuvesite, and MPR529.