October 23, 2014

by Wendy Kaveney

A female house finch examines a chollas in Buckeye, west of Phoenix.

October 22, 2014

by Kyle Quill

Black-and-White Wednesday: A study of textures and grays from the Grand Canyon.

October 21, 2014

by Greg Tucker

Its trademark rattle visible, a Mohave rattlesnake ponders its next move.

October 20, 2014

by Santiago Almada

High clouds cover the sky above Sedona’s red-rock formations.

October 19, 2014

by Tom Corey

A bull elk shows itself in the White Mountains during the rut.

October 18, 2014

by Gary Smith

Near Kayenta on the Navajo Nation, rock spires reach skyward.

October 17, 2014

by James Marvin Phelps

A desert bighorn sheep peers into the vast Grand Canyon.

October 16, 2014

by Stacy Elliott

Mature saguaros reach skyward at Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix.