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Sunset Bloom

An orange flower basking in the sunset light at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. For more than 70 years, the garden has been teaching and inspiring visitors from the local community and around the world, providing research, exhibits and more designed to help us understand, protect and preserve the desert’s natural beauty.

Finger Rock Trail

Finger Rock Trail in Tucson, Arizona is a ten-mile hike in the Santa Catalina Mountains. It begins at the end of a residential housing development on Alvernon Way (there is a small parking lot for hikers that closes at sunset) and ends at Mt. Kimball. It is one of the steepest hikes in town with an elevation change of 4155 feet.

Sonoran Desert Sunset

The Sonoran Desert encompasses part of the United States-Mexico border and covers large parts of Arizona, California and the northwest Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. It is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, with an area of 120,000 sq mi. The desert contains a variety of unique plants and animals, such as the saguaro cactus.

Sorrento Sunset

Sorrento, Italy is a tourist destination on the southern tip of the bay of Naples. Ferries and hydrofoils take people to the Isle of Capri, Naples, and Pompeii. The town can also be reached by the Circumvesuviana rail line and the Amalfi Drive, a winding road nestled between high cliffs and the Tyrrhenian Sea.

The Trevi Fountain

The Trevi fountain is at the ending part of the Aqua Virgo, an aqueduct constructed in 19 BC. It brings water all the way from the Salone Springs and supplies the fountains in the historic center of Rome with water.

Sunflower Swaying in a Field

A sunflower sitting in a field at El Rancho de las Golondrinas - a historic ranch in between The cities of Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. There are colonial buildings here dating back to the early 1700′s. The site is set in a rural farming community, so besides the historic buildings, there is also tons of nature to experience.

Abandoned Home

The Clevenger House at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum was built in 1915. It is a remnant from the days when people farmed the tiny valley and sold their produce to local miners.