Photo of the Day Archive

Skull Rock, in the Kofa Mountains of Western Arizona, is a startling sight for travelers.

The Milky Way stretches across the night sky above Coolidge Dam, which impounds San Carlos Lake.

Sepia Saturday: A saguaro rises from the boulders below Granite Mountain in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.

Kayakers enjoy the calm water of Watson Lake, a well-known reservoir in the Prescott area.

Afternoon light falls across the Grand Canyon in a view from the South Rim.

Black and White Wednesday: Moonlight illuminates Courthouse Butte, a Sedona-area landmark.

A curve-billed thresher builds a nest amid cactus spines in Hereford, in Southeastern Arizona.

Vibrant cactus flowers bloom at dawn in Cave Creek, north of the Phoenix area.