Photo of the Day Archive

West Mitten Butte cradles the rising sun in Monument Valley. Happy New Year!

The last light of the day blends with the night sky over White Pocket in the Vermilion Cliffs.

A lone pine cone clings to a branch between Superior and Miami, east of Phoenix.

Snow cloaks the tops of the San Francisco Peaks, Arizona’s highest mountains, near Flagstaff.

Cave Creek Wash displays an array of Sonoran Desert colors on a winter afternoon.

Black-and-White Wednesday: Clouds fill the Grand Canyon at sunrise during a rare event known as an inversion.

Clouds create a dramatic sunrise scene over the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix.

A hummingbird examines holiday decorations on an ocotillo in a Tucson backyard.