A dark desert storm delivered a 30,000-ampere parting kiss to the North Rim, as it headed southeast across the 5,000-foot-deep chasm of the Grand Canyon. Add up several million of these thunderstorms for flooding rains, along with about as many freeze-thaw cycles, and a turbulent major river. That’s how a high, nearly flat plateau gets carved into wondrous and majestic forms like this in a fairly short geologic timespan.
5 N Tusayan AZ (14 Jul 21) Looking NNE
36.0616, -112.1077