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…
Swimmers enjoy the Tempe Beach pool in 1943, 20 years after it opened. | TEMPE HISTORY MUSEUM
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Summers at the Beach

As the sun rises over Tempe Town Lake, a goldendoodle pulls a woman wearing spandex along the paved riverwalk, past a…
Author Noah Austin navigates an electric vehicle through the Tepees, a section of Petrified Forest National Park. While Arizona’s other two national parks, Grand Canyon and Saguaro, have fast charging stations nearby, the Petrified Forest area poses challenges for EV road-trippers. | John Burcham
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Arizona Unplugged

“A national park is not a playground,” the late conservationist Michael Frome wrote. “It’s a sanctuary for nature — and…
A Sikorsky helicopter lifts the remains of Chindesaurus bryansmalli, a dinosaur popularly known as “Gertie,” from the layered landscape of Petrified Forest National Park on June 6, 1985. The fossilized dinosaur was discovered near what now is called Hózhó Point. | Jeff Kida
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Old News

On a cold, clear December morning, Adam Marsh takes in the panorama from Petrified Forest National Park’s Hózhó Point.…
Amid falling rain from an isolated storm cell, a pair of rainbows appear over the sandstone buttes of Red Rock Country at sunset. In theory, all rainbows are double rainbows, but the secondary rainbow is often too faint to be seen. | Theresa Rose Ditson
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Chasing Rainbows

Byron Neslen Another double rainbow contrasts with late-afternoon clouds near Stoneman…
The summit of Wahl Knoll, a peak in Eastern Arizona’s White Mountains, offers a view of an expansive meadow and other rounded knolls. Reaching an elevation of more than 9,700 feet, Wahl Knoll is off State Route 261 northeast of Big Lake. | Joel Hazelton
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Summer Wears a Green Gown

Editor’s Note: If you were with us last month, you might have noticed, and maybe even read, Nancy Newhall’s excellent…
Sunlight breaks through monsoon clouds seen from Carr Peak in the Huachuca Mountains of southern Arizona. By Laurence Parent
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This Is My Story: Laurence Parent

You never know what’s going to happen when you head out into the wilderness during the Arizona monsoon. I got a…
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.…