Photo of the Day Archive

An Isolated thunderstorm cell waters the landscape in Catalina State Park.

Evergreens and other plants thrive deep in the Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness.

A great blue heron perches on a branch in the Tres Rios Wetlands.

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.