Below is a sampling of photos. See the list of galleries in the menu for more images.
Asurite & Malachite
USAF Thunderbirds, Mirror Formation, Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona
Profile photo of a cormorant at the Riparian Preserve in Gilbert
Orion Nebula
Rosette Nebula
Common yellowthroat at Katchina Wetlands
The tranquility of Nitobe Memorial Garden
The sky filled with cranes and geese, often in separate but entwined formations.
Photo of one of the Thunderbird’s opposing passes at the 2025 Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona.
Adult American Coot with three young.
Kildeer Chick
Gorgeous sun clock created by University of Arizona Professor Emeritus Stephen Jacobs and installed in 2005. The sunlight is concentrated on a surface containing a grid corresponding to time-of-day.
Harris’s Hawk over the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.
One of my favorite demos at the Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona Air Show was flown by the pilots of Ace Maker Aviation in their two T-33 Shooting Stars.
Portrait of a Roadrunner
Andromeda Galaxy
Each vantage point offers new discoveries.
Portrait of Dark Sky
Broad-billed Hummingbird, Photo taken at Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary
An aerialist with the Flam Chen group from Tucson awes the crowd and helps welcome 2009.