Our Sonoran Desert trails provide Cynthia Eral with plenty of inspiration for her art. Whether it is a wild animal, a majestic sunset or one of the beautiful botanicals that are unique to our Sonoran Desert, absorbing the natural world helps the artist connect with her subjects and find the right feeling or emotion that she wants to convey.
This spring, Desert Awareness Committee members are stepping up efforts to educate the community about proper plant pruning — which should actually be done very sparingly.
North Phoenix resident Isabel Guerra Clark shares a photo that she took of a pair of bighorn sheep near Canyon Lake.
North Phoenix resident Isabel Guerra Clark shares a photo that she took of a great horned owl and its owlets.
Nature, travel and adventure photographer Mark Laverman shares a photo that he took of a quintessential Flagstaff, Arizona sunrise.
Landscape and wildlife photographer David LeVine shares a photo that he took of Cape Royal — the southernmost viewpoint on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Landscape, nature and wildlife photographer Tevin Jones shares a photo that he took of the Superstition Mountains from Weaver’s Needle Vista Viewpoint in Apache Junction.
Scottsdale residents Dave Roesch and Shannon Grenz-Roesch share a photo of their wedding ceremony, taken between rain storms on a beautiful-but-dangerous cliff in Bryce Canyon.
Photographer Derek Ryan Mathewson shares a photo that he took of himself enjoying an especially peaceful moment in Sedona’s Subway Cave.
East Phoenix resident Greg Abbott shares a photo that he took of his daughter, Meghan, paddleboarding near a herd of wild horses on the Salt River.