Photo of the Day Archive

Vishnu Canyon, a Grand Canyon tributary, grows narrow between steep cliff walls.

A sandstorm begins to sweep across the iconic buttes of Monument Valley.

A ladder-backed woodpecker enjoys an open saguaro blossom in Sabino Canyon near Tucson.

A hike into the Grand Canyon offers stunning views of cactuses and the Colorado River.

The Superstition Mountains, east of the Phoenix area, are silhouetted at sunset.

Black-and-White Wednesday: Determined plants flourish in a lava flow at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument near Flagstaff.

A profusion of blooms appear on a saguaro arm near Apache Junction.

A two-lane road winds between the buttes of the Navajo Nation’s Painted Desert.