Afternoon light falls across the Grand Canyon in a view from the South Rim.

May 9, 2024

by Mark Fagan

Afternoon light falls across the Grand Canyon in a view from the South Rim.
Photograph by John Fink

May 8, 2024

by John Fink

Black and White Wednesday: Moonlight illuminates Courthouse Butte, a Sedona-area landmark.
A curve-billed thresher builds a nest amid cactus spines in Hereford, in Southeastern Arizona. Photograph by Terry Ballard

May 7, 2024

by Terry Ballard

A curve-billed thresher builds a nest amid cactus spines in Hereford, in Southeastern Arizona.
Vibrant cactus flowers bloom at dawn in Cave Creek, north of the Phoenix area. Photograph by R.W. Keiling

May 6, 2024

by R.W. Keiling

Vibrant cactus flowers bloom at dawn in Cave Creek, north of the Phoenix area.
Photograph by Frank Enriquez Jr.

May 5, 2024

by Frank Enriquez Jr.

Ballet folklorico dancers perform at a Tucson mariachi conference.
A “superbloom” of spring wildflowers surrounds saguaros and other cactuses in the Sonoran Desert. Photograph by Laura MCumber

May 4, 2024

by Laura McCumber

A “superbloom” of spring wildflowers surrounds saguaros and other cactuses in the Sonoran Desert.
Dark clouds partly obscure the night sky at Lee Valley Lake, a White Mountains reservoir. Photograph by Randy Wheelis

May 3, 2024

by Randy Wheelis

Dark clouds partly obscure the night sky at Lee Valley Lake, a White Mountains reservoir.
A crested caracara perches on a crested saguaro, an extremely rare version of this cactus. Photograph by Dennis Boyd

May 2, 2024

by Dennis Boyd

A crested caracara perches on a crested saguaro, an extremely rare version of this cactus.