Photo of the Day Archive

A ladder-backed woodpecker enjoys an open saguaro blossom in Sabino Canyon near Tucson.

A hike into the Grand Canyon offers stunning views of cactuses and the Colorado River.

The Superstition Mountains, east of the Phoenix area, are silhouetted at sunset.

Black-and-White Wednesday: Determined plants flourish in a lava flow at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument near Flagstaff.

A profusion of blooms appear on a saguaro arm near Apache Junction.

A two-lane road winds between the buttes of the Navajo Nation’s Painted Desert.

A gnarled branch on Bear Mountain frames a view of the Sedona area’s Red Rock Country.

A cholla produces vibrant flowers in the Superstition Wilderness east of Phoenix.