A marvelous interplay of light and shadow, representing the golden hour’s sunshine around a field of altocumulus clouds, splashes the sinuous ridges and undulating stream courses of the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. A faint but apparent haze layer above the horizon represents smoke advected eastward from a couple of fires in California. This gorge was described by Theorore Roosevelt as, “the one great sight which every American should see.” So here it is: two billion years of rock accumulation and over 4,000 feet of vertical relief, laid bare by the Colorado River’s cutting power where the South Rim once sloped gently up to the Kaibab Plateau. The sheer scale of this chasm is best appreciated in person and immersively!
9 SE North Rim AZ (5 Aug 17) Looking SSE
36.1174, -111.948North Rim Light and Shadow
A marvelous interplay of light and shadow, representing the golden hour’s sunshine around a field of altocumulus clouds, splashes the sinuous ridges and undulating stream courses of the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. A faint but apparent haze layer above the horizon represents smoke advected eastward from a couple of fires in California. This gorge was described by Theorore Roosevelt as, “the one great sight which every American should see.” So here it is: two billion years of rock accumulation and over 4,000 feet of vertical relief, laid bare by the Colorado River’s cutting power where the South Rim once sloped gently up to the Kaibab Plateau. The sheer scale of this chasm is best appreciated in person and immersively!
9 SE North Rim AZ (5 Aug 17) Looking SSE
36.1174, -111.948