Culture

Keeping It Real

Officials wait at the chutes for the opening of the rodeo. “These cowboys and cowgirls use their own gear, ride their…
National Park Service Chief of Resources and Science Bill Parker logs artifacts that were strewn from vehicles on Historic Route 66 in Petrified Forest National Park during the 1950s. The paved road no longer exists. | Jeff Kida
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Pick Of The Litter

It's easy to miss the old bed of Route 66 in Petrified Forest National Park, even though the Tawa Trail starting at the…
With the snowy San Francisco Peaks in the background, a motorist heads west on the stretch of Route 66 between Williams and Parks, likely in the 1930s or ’40s. | NORMAN G. WALLACE/ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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One For The Road

Beneath the Painted Cliffs, travelers stop at an inspection station in Lupton, just across the Arizona-New Mexico…
Master Diné silversmith Alvin Yellowhorse stands on the property of the former Ortega’s Indian Market in Lupton, with the Painted Cliffs behind him. | Joel Grimes
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Previously, on Route 66

EAST OUT OF KINGMAN, I’m swimming upstream on Historic Route 66. It’s the weekend of the Route 66 Fun Run car rally,…
A flock of birds is partially obscured by clouds as it flies upwards against a blue and white backdrop. By Norma Jean Gargasz
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This Is My Story … By Norma Jean Gargasz

I made this photograph during a planned trip to Sabino Canyon. I routinely monitor the weather, and snow had been…
A presenter guides visitors on a tour of the night sky at Lowell Observatory. By Dawn Kish
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Astronomy Discovery Center

Most planetariums are indoors, where images are projected onto a domed ceiling to create a digital facsimile of the…
Light spills out of the Nankoweap granaries as the moon rises over the Colorado River at the Grand Canyon. | Adam Schallau
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This Is My Story … By Adam Schallau

Moonrise Over Nankoweap was made on my first Colorado River trip, a photo expedition arranged and led by David Edwards…
Photograph of a woman painting from an easel outside by a pond is by John Burcham
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Sedona Plein Air Festival

The scene at D.A. Ranch in Cornville on this late-October afternoon couldn’t be more bucolic. The pastoral grounds of…