Black and White Wednesday: An opening at Chiricahua National Monument displays distant hoodoos. By Eric Mischke

August 27, 2025

by Eric Mischke

Black and White Wednesday: An opening at Chiricahua National Monument displays distant hoodoos.
Water Wheel Falls, near Payson, cradles a swimming hole and riparian vegetation. By Carrie McNamara

August 26, 2025

by Carrie McNamara

Water Wheel Falls, near Payson, cradles a swimming hole and riparian vegetation.
Curtains of rain fill the horizon in a sunset view of the Sierra Estrella, southwest of Phoenix. By Andrei Stoica

August 25, 2025

by Andrei Stoica

Curtains of rain fill the horizon in a sunset view of the Sierra Estrella, southwest of Phoenix.
Wispy clouds punctuate a view of the historic Painted Desert Inn at Petrified Forest National Park. By Jeff Goulden

August 24, 2025

by Jeff Goulden

Wispy clouds punctuate a view of the historic Painted Desert Inn at Petrified Forest National Park.
The night sky glows above Lomaki Pueblo, part of Wupatki National Monument. By John Fink

August 23, 2025

by John Fink

The night sky glows above Lomaki Pueblo, part of Wupatki National Monument.
Twin saguaros cast their shadows in front of the Kofa Mountains, south of Quartzsite. By Kirk Higgins

August 22, 2025

by Kirk Higgins

Twin saguaros cast their shadows in front of the Kofa Mountains, south of Quartzsite.
A lizard at Tohono Chul, a botanical garden in Tucson, shows off one of the garden's petroglyphs. By Lisa Manifold

August 21, 2025

by Lisa Manifold

A lizard at Tohono Chul, a botanical garden in Tucson, shows off one of the garden's petroglyphs.
Lightning strikes the Santa Catalina Mountains, near Tucson, behind a stately saguaro in Sabino Canyon. By Mark Navarro

August 20, 2025

by Mark Navarro

Lightning strikes the Santa Catalina Mountains, near Tucson, behind a stately saguaro in Sabino Canyon.