21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Crossing the Salt River

This was image was captured from the river bank as one of Arizona's wild horses, or mustangs, crossed the lower Salt River. These horses have been living on the Salt River reservation since before the National Forest was created in the early 1900s.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Copyright: © Craig Lefebvre