Joseph Specter is pictured in the living room of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West, in Scottsdale.
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Joseph Specter

Frank Lloyd Wright had no regard for the tall. That’s a reminder many visitors receive when they explore Taliesin West…
Meenakshi Wadhwa poses with a scaled down model of an extraterrestrial land rover. By Paul Markow
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Martian Geologist

Sometimes, to see the big picture, you have to look at the granular details. So, instead of studying the solar system…
This sequence of photos shows how a sliver of sunlight interacts with a petroglyph at Puerco Pueblo, part of Petrified Forest National Park, during the summer solstice. There are numerous such solstice markers in the park. Photos courtesy National Park Service
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Puerco Pueblo Solstice Marker

On the day before the winter solstice, I follow Jon Hardes up a scree-covered trail at Petrified Forest National Park.…
Jerry Ostwinkle offers a treat to a golden eagle approaching to perch on his arm. By Bruce D. Taubert
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Golden Eagle Hack Site

Beneath the Dragoon Mountains, down a primitive forest road lined with pistachio trees and scattered homesteads, sits…
Among George Avey’s countless contributions to Arizona Highways was this map, which appeared in our December 1946 issue. | Arizona Highways Archives
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State of Arizona Vintage Map

Lindsey Egan (left) and Melissa Wright pose in a desert setting with the Superstition Mountains in the background. By Shondiin Mayor
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Women Who Explore

Melissa Wright saw her life branching out before her like a green fig tree. Mirroring a passage in Sylvia Plath’s The…
Michael Kotutwa Johnson, a Hopi farmer, and his dog gaze out over farmland in Northeastern Arizona.
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Michael Kotutwa Johnson

Coming up through the Painted Desert from Flagstaff, we pull into the Kykotsmovi Village convenience store, where…
The sun shines through a palo verde tree in front of a stone wall at Tohono Chul. By Eirini Pajak
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Tohono Chul

It’s easy to miss the modest entrance to Tohono Chul, which is tucked into the Casas Adobes community on the north side…