TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME

A PORTFOLIO EDITED BY JEFF KIDA After a summer monsoon storm, sunset silhouettes mature saguaros, their limbs laden with fruit, in a section of the Sonoran Desert in Pinal County.

BELOW: Two healthy saguaros frame a sunrise view of other cactuses at Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Southwestern Arizona. JACK DYKINGA RIGHT: Saguaros and brittlebushes cover the hillsides above New River, north of the Phoenix area, at sunset. GEORGE STOCKING

Saguaros tend to grow on rocky, south-facing slopes. These cactuses are in Upper LaBarge Box Canyon, along the Superstition Mountains’ Red Tanks Trail. JOEL HAZELTON

Beneath Ragged Top, saguaros rise from the shadows at sunset. A mature saguaro can weigh more than 2 tons when fully hydrated. NORMA JEAN GARGASZ