American Southwest · Arizona

Early Spring in Northeastern Arizona

Sedona, Flagstaff, Monument Valley, Canyon De Chelly, Painted Desert & Petrified Forest · Original Photographs by Michael H. Myers

Oak Creek Canyon · Sedona

Sedona & Flagstaff

Near the town of Sedona in Oak Creek Canyon, south of Flagstaff — and driving north approaching Flagstaff.


Near Sedona in Oak Creek Canyon, south of Flagstaff
Driving north, approaching Flagstaff
Aerial

1,000 Feet Over the Grand Canyon

Three aerial views of the Grand Canyon from above.


Grand Canyon from 1,000 feet
Grand Canyon from 1,000 feet
Grand Canyon from 1,000 feet
Southern Utah Border

Monument Valley

Monument Valley — actually just across the state line in Southern Utah, above the Arizona border.


Monument Valley, southern Utah
Monument Valley
Monument Valley
Navajo Nation

Canyon De Chelly & Cliff Dwellings

Canyon De Chelly and the thousand-year-old Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings known as White House Ruins — photographed with a 1000mm telephoto lens.


Canyon De Chelly
Canyon De Chelly
Canyon De Chelly
Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings — Canyon De Chelly
White House Ruins — 1000mm telephoto view of the cliff dwellings
Painted Desert & Petrified Forest

Painted Desert & Petrified Forest

The vivid bands of color in the Painted Desert, and the surreal Petrified Forest — once a lush landscape when dinosaurs roamed here, now dry desert where ancient logs have turned to colorful stone agate.


The Painted Desert
The Painted Desert
The Petrified Forest — ancient logs turned to stone agate
The Petrified Forest