Photo of the Day Archive

A sea of green spreads over Sweetwater Preserve, where cattails, cottonwoods and duckweed transform the Sonoran Desert into an unexpected wetland oasis.

Watson Lake, near Prescott, provides vital habitat for resident and migrating birds.

Tucson’s Mission San Xavier del Bac, established in1692, was one of a chain of Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert

Scrub meets sky near Nogales, not far from the U.S.-Mexico border.

Twilight silhouettes a juniper at Lyman Lake State Park.

The evening sunset casts golden light on a towering canyon wall in Canyon De Chelly National Monument.

Black and White Wednesday: Monsoon clouds form over the desert in southern Arizona.

Steep canyon walls along the shoreline of Canyon Lake provide a secluded spot in the Superstition Wilderness, east of Phoenix.