This black-and-white photograph of a cloudburst over Monument Valley by Jim Shoemaker is the Grand Prize winner in the 18th Annual Arizona Highways Online Photo Contest.
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Best Picture 2026

GRAND PRIZE WINNER Jim Shoemaker This black-and-white photograph of a cloudburst over Monument Valley was the…
The Phoenix skyline unfurls in a view from September 1933. | William and James McCulloch
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Different Point of View

PHOENIX LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT 100 YEARS AGO. And thanks to the work of two Scottish brothers, there’s abundant…
Saguaros crowned with blossoms are photographed from above by Shane McDermott operating a drone. drone
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The Essence of Nature

Shane McDermott Tonto National Forest “This shot was about six years in the making,” Shane McDermott says. “I’ve…
A stitched panorama of three photos made during an autumn storm at Monument Valley is by Enio Lanaro.
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What’s everyone looking at?

1. The most-viewed image over the past year was captured serendipitously. The series of three shots was made at 12:…
The volcanic landscape of Maroon Crater and the approaching evening light are punctuated by a bright rainbow. By Bernhard Michaelis
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This Is My Story … By Bernhard Michaelis

Living in the volcanic landscapes of Northern Arizona, I pass Maroon Crater regularly. One of the routes home takes me…
Photograph of Jonathan T. Bailey standing in green foliage while writing in a notepad is by Steven Meckler.
Around Arizona

Jonathan T. Bailey

There are worlds that writers share with their readers — those they spin from imagination and experience. But there are…
Thick-billed parrots once were plentiful in Arizona, but today, the state has only six — all in captivity. This pair lives at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson. | Bruce D. Taubert
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Thick & Thin

WHAT A GLORIOUS RACKET IT MUST HAVE BEEN. What an incredible clamor filled a Chiricahua Mountains forest one August day…
Keet Seel ruins sits perched on a cliff beneath a streak-stained sheer canyon wall. By Laurence Parent
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Remains to be Seen

NAVAJO NATIONAL MONUMENT By Robert Stieve For the first time in four hours, Rick was at a loss for words. I couldn’t…