Ominious Looking Approach

This approaching storm cell looked especially ominous as it was backlit by the sun on Tuesday afternoon, May 27, 2014. This view looks west through Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids and was making my mowing of our backyard a difficult proposition as it changed form, prompting me to stop what I was doing and photograph it every few minutes. The top image was captured at 4:51 PM CDT,  and the bottom image five minutes later. This cell brought heavy rain and cloud-to-cloud lightning.