Photo of the Day Archive

A tree grows on a hillside at Government Prairie, with the San Francisco Peaks visible to the east.

Saguaros reach skyward beneath volcanic cliffs in the White Canyon Wilderness.

Black-and-White Wednesday: Lightning strikes during a rainstorm in the Santa Rita Mountains’ Madera Canyon.

Monarch butterflies search for nectar at Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Superior.

The Milky Way arches over the iconic buttes of Monument Valley.

Storm clouds form over State Route 74 near Phoenix as a rainbow appears in the distance.

Cattle and elk share a grassland in the White Mountains of Eastern Arizona.

A cave leads to the unknown at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Northern Arizona.