Photo Contest

Rock squirrel peering out of it's hiding spot

Location: Lower Salt River. Tonto National Forest

Blue dasher dragonfly

Location: Lower Salt River. Tonto National Forest

Bald Eagle perched in a tree surveying the area.

Location: Lower Salt River. Tonto National Forest

Close up of a honey bee collecting pollen from a sunflower.

Location: Desert Botanical Garden

"Rorschach Reflections at West Fork:" Autumn colors and sculpted red rocks mirror themselves in the still waters of West Fork of Oak Creek.

Location: Oak Creen Canyon/Sedona

“Emergence at West Fork:" From the quiet shallows of West Fork, life emerges through the traces of a fading season, delicate green foliage reaching through stone and shadow toward the light’s return.

Location: Oak Creen Canyon/Sedona

"Autumn Illumination at 'The Crack:'" This image captures the sun backlighting the foliage colors in the trees as wispy clouds streamed across the scene.

Location: Wet Beaver Creek, Bell Trail

"Autumn Reflections at 'The Crack:'" A popular swimming hold in the summer, this destination is also beautiful in the fall when the leaves show their true colors against the red sandstone.

Location: Wet Beaver Creek, Bell Trail

When wood turns into stone, a wide array of reds, oranges, and whites streak throughout the piece of petrified wood. This is an up close look of one piece of petrified wood along the Giant Logs Trail.

Location: Petrified Forest NP along the Giant Logs Trail

The peace of morning's first light bursts into a fire of color over the mittens in Monument Valley, AZ.

Location: Monument Valley

“Rainbow’s Farewell:” As the storm drifted apart, the rainbow faded slightly to a whisper of color, lingering at the edge of Thumb Butte, signaling a gentle goodbye from the morning sky.

Location: Prescott

"Blushing Rainbow in Sedona:" As the day deepens to a blush of rose and crimson, the twin arcs linger, quieter now, but no less radiant, as if to remind that every ending still carries its own promise

Location: Sedona