Best 2017 photos from azcentral photographer Thomas Hawthorne

Visitors brave the frights at the 13th Floor Haunted House on Oct. 14th, 2017, in Phoenix. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Jaewon Song, a UCSD student, practices with his parachute at the La Jolla Gliderport in La Jolla, Calif. on April 3rd, 2017. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Chance the rapper performs at Lost Lake music festival in Phoenix on Oct. 22nd, 2017. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Mark Chamberlin, the general manager of the Grand Canyon Forest Products mill, stands for a portrait in front of a pile of stacked logs on November 14th, 2017, in Williams, Ariz. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Death row inmates play a game of basketball at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Eyman in Florence on Nov. 22nd, 2017. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

A fence separating the Mexican and American borders ends at the Pacific Ocean in Border Field State Park, San Diego, Calif. on Aug. 7th, 2017. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Jake Falby performs the violin for Julie Byrne's set at the FORM Arcosanti festival in Yavapai County on May 12th, 2017. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Halloween-goers play video games at Cobra Arcade in downtown Phoenix on Oct. 31, 2017. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Kali Malony, 9, (left) and Rosie Anderson, 9, (right) watch the solar eclipse at Canyon Springs School in Phoenix on Aug. 21st, 2017. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Jesse Bablove (center) and Eric Roberts (right) ride bicycles at Country Thunder in Florence on April 6th, 2017. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Marijuana plants grow inside the Huxton cultivation facility on Oct. 31st, 2017, in Mesa. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic