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| May 5, 2012 Second day at Grand Canyon. Picture 1 &2 are two friends we met going to the edge of the Canyon. |
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| Trail going down to the Colorado River from the top near the El Tovar Hotel. It is 7 miles walking down, easy, walking back up another story. |
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| One of many trees growing out of the rocks. |
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| The top layers where dated with plaques as to when they were formed. |
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| Tremendous rock sculptures sticking out everywhere. |
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| View to the bottom past an outreach of rock. |
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| Over the top view of the Colorado way down there. |
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| Colorado flowing thru lower Canyon. |
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| El Tovar Hotel at top of Canyon sort of the central tourist area. |
I'm glad you got to see the GC. I wish it was clear. I've heard that the haze comes partly from the coal-burning Navajo generating station up near Page, AZ... to the East. A Flickr friend was there earlier, with clouds, cool, and infinite views. I was there in winter, and it was always clear, The North rim is completely different -- higher, beautifully-forested; and there you drive out on land peninsulas a long way to see the canyon... and you can look down on every side except the way you drove in.
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