Photo of the Day Archive

From the Coronado Trail, in the White Mountains, layer upon layer of mountain ridges stretch toward New Mexico.

Black and White Wednesday: A view from the top of Coolidge Dam down into San Carlos Lake illustrates the summer’s low water levels.

A lone hiker ascends the challenging trail to the summit of Phoenix’s Piestewa Peak.

The Colorado River carves its muddy swath through the Grand Canyon after a torrential rainfall caused destructive floods downstream.

A herd of pronghorns grazes under a rainbow in Chino Valley.

A lone petrified log sits among the "badlands" formations at Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest National Park, near Holbrook.

Wispy clouds breeze over sandstone structures in a quiet canyon near Sedona.

Saguaros and ocotillos thrive on the slopes of Pusch Ridge, part of the Santa Catalina Mountains.