AZXAside an agave stalk below Arizona's Black Hills a lightning is bolted to the earth and an eternal X marks the spot.

Though this is a collection of personal images reflecting photographer Greg Lawson's appreciation for Arizona

Water en route to Arizona's Oak Creek pauses to reflect

Live oaks are a handsome staple of the landscape in the southeast United States and when planted in rows they are beneficial as shade corridors  and lovely in symmetry

The Brooklyn Bridge is the distinctive link between Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City

The fruits are like miniature coconuts (hard shelled and with white fruit) and the sap of the tree has been used for producing a beverage referred to as wine

grows in the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Desert and has attractive flowers followed by yellow fruit located on the top of the plant

an occasional sighting may be had of an odd floral delight known as Sturt's Desert Pea

Black Canyon of the Gunnison is a US National Park and a unique geologic wonder with steep walls forming a deep and often very narrow canyon in the state of Colorado

The little city of Sedona

but today is a tourist town know for its apple orchards and apple treats

Land lines

or can easily be excavated for cave dwellings