Photo of the Day Archive

The rays of the setting sun illuminate the Grand Canyon, as seen from Navajo Point.

Oak Creek narrows under a canopy of oak, ash and spruce along the West Fork Trail.

A Sonoran Desert tortoise forages for greenery in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.

Fishermen enjoy the early twilight hour at Lake Pleasant.

Monument Valley, or Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii — Valley of the Rocks, in Navajo — is one of the most distinctive and photographed landscapes on Earth.

Black and White Wednesday: Cathedral Rock, said to be one of Sedona’s vortices, boasts several majestic sandstone spires.

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.