Photo of the Day Archive

The Queen of the Night white cactus flower opens under the cover of darkness and fades with the sunrise, making every blossom a rare event. This particular blossom also served as the canvas for some patriotic light painting.

Afternoon light reveals the striations of the Little Painted Desert.

"Door 921 at Twilight,” a scene from Tucson’s Barrio Viejo over Memorial Day weekend.

The colors and layers of sandstone in Coyote Buttes North.

A pronghorn buck surveys the photographer in Chino Valley.

Saguaros rise from boulders on a rainy day on the Ballantine Connector Trail in the Mazatzal Mountains.

The road through Wupatki National Monument opens out onto an expansive landscape.

Agate House Pueblo stands atop a hill in Petrified Forest National Park, near Holbrook.