Photo of the Day Archive

Black and White Wednesday: A tarantula poses for the camera along a trail in the Pinaleño Mountains.

Brittle bush, ocotillos and other desert flora characterize spring mornings at Saguaro National Park.

Wupatki Pueblo was protected as part of Wupatki National Monument, northeast of Flagstaff, in 1924.

Sheer sandstone cliffs and winding canyon walls unfold below Face Rock Overlook on the South Rim of Canyon de Chelly, near Chinle.

Sepia Saturday: Saguaro cactuses punctuate Bates Well Road in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

A monsoon-fueled storm overtakes Temple Bar, near Lake Mead.

Sunset paints a wash in colors of pink and indigo in the Bradshaw Mountains of Central Arizona.

A screech owl nests in a 100-year-old saguaro in Apache Junction.