Photo of the Day Archive

A cactus wren, Arizona’s state bird, builds her nest at the Desert Botanical Garden.

The First Ruin, in the Canyon de Chelly National Monument, is surrounded by walls of desert varnish.

Golden hour illuminates the Petroglyph Trail at Saguaro National Park.

From the overlook at Point of the Mountain, near Springerville and Eagar, forests and volcanic hills extend across eastern Arizona.

The Gila County Courthouse in Globe was constructed in 1906.

Lightning flashes over Tucson in this photo taken from the top of the Quinlan Mountains’ Kitt Peak, on the Tohono O’odham Nation.

Black and White Wednesday: A staircase leads up to the lookout platform at Tonto Natural Bridge State Park.

A subtle rainbow and thin flashes of lightning stretch over Munds Mountain as a monsoon storm clears in Sedona.