A dramatic view of Horseshoe Bend from the rim or Marble Canyon under cloudy skies. By Shane McDermott
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Shane McDermott: This Is My Story

Dramatic storms are a highlight of Arizona’s summer monsoon, especially for landscape photographers — and I’ve been fortunate to photograph several...
Stina Swesey poses in a desert setting holding a bunch of creosote flowers. By Steven Meckler

Mother Mountain Herbals

Meenakshi Wadhwa poses with a scaled down model of an extraterrestrial land rover. By Paul Markow
Around Arizona

Martian Geologist

Sometimes, to see the big picture, you have to look at the granular details. So, instead of studying the solar system through a telescope, planetary...
A slice of pie with strawberry slices and ice cream is plated along side severa whole pies. By Steven Meckler
Dining

Zulas

In 1950, when Margo Moore and Helen Best opened their restaurant near the intersection of Grand Avenue and State Route 82 in Nogales, Zulas’ destiny was set. More than 70 years later, the one-story...
The front of the two-story Bisbee Woman’s Club’s clubhouse, dedicated in 1902, is shown behind a low wire fence. Courtesy NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
History

Bisbee Woman’s Club

At the turn of the 20th century, Bisbee might have been considered rough around the edges. At its peak, the Copper Queen Mine employed 2,700 men to...
A black bear drinks from a stream in a woodsy Arizona setting. By Bruce D. Taubert
Nature

Black Bear

In this photograph, captured via a camera trap, a black bear (Ursus americanus) drinks from an ephemeral pool on the Tonto National Forest north of...
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 flock of tethered swan boats....
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 for humans who will accept...