Photo of the Day Archive

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.

These striped formations are typical of the badlands at Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest National Park, near Holbrook.