Photo of the Day

A rancher riding a white horse through a lush valley on the way to his ranch in Sierra de San Francisco, California
March 8, 2021

Valley Voyage

When this photo was published in the December 1989 issue, a hard day's ride lay between the nearest dirt road and Francisco Arce's ranch in the Sierra de San Francisco mountains in California.
Photograph by Annie Griffiths, Nat Geo Image Collection

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