I visited the south rim of the Grand Canyon on September 24. The next day I visited the north rim of the Grand Canyon. On my way back to Flagstaff, I drove along the Vermilion Cliffs and crossed Marble Canyon on the Navajo Bridge.
Overlooking the Bright Angel Trail and Indian Gardens from the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Panorama size: 1240 megapixels (40620 x 30544 pixels) Input images: 357 (17 columns by 21 rows) Field of view: 202.2 degrees wide by 152.0 degrees high (top=82.2, bottom=-69.8) Bright Angel Trail overlook. Bright Angel Trail Overlook Grand Canyon Arizona: You can buy prints up to four feet by six feet or 5" x 7" greeting cards of this photograph. Desert View overlook. The Coloorado River winds through the Precambrian Vishnu Schist at the bottom of the canyon. The rocks of the Vishnu Schist were deposited over 1.7 billion years ago. Any rock formations that were deposited between that time and the Cambrian period were eroded away at this location. Above the Vishnus Schist, the formations include the Tapeats Sandstone, Bright Angel Shale and Temple Butte Formation of the Cambrian period. These formations form the Tonto Group. They were deposited about 500 million years ago. Rocks deposited during the Ordivician and Silurian periods were eroded away. Later, the Redwall Limestone of the Mississippian period, the Supai Group of the Pennsylvanian period, and the Hermit Shale, Coconino Sandstone, Toroweap Formation, and Kaibab Limestone of the Permian period were depostied. These rocks were deposited between 250 million and 350 million years ago. Desert View overlook. The 70-foot tall Desert View Watchtower was designed by Mary Colter for the Fred Harvey Company. It was completed in 1933. The Grand Canyon Lodge on the north rim was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood. The original lodge building was completed in 1928, but it burned in 1932 and was reconstructed in 1937. North Rim overlook. North Rim overlook. The Aspen are turning color on the Kaibab Plateau. Kaibab Plateau meadow. Kaibab Plateau meadow. Kaibab Plateau meadow. The Vermilion Cliffs stretch from the Kaibab Plateau to Lake Powell. The dirt road on the valley floor is the Honeymoon Trail. Polarizer: These photos show the effect of a polariazer. Sunlight is scattered by particles in the atmosphere. In any direction, all of the photons that bounce off a particle in the air are polarized in the same direction. Photons at the blue end of the visible light spedctrum are more likely to be scattered by particles in the air. Roataing a polarizer so that it is aligned at a 90 degree angle to the polariization of the light bouncing off the air removes the blue haze in front of the landsacpe and makes the sky darker. The rocks of the Vermilion Cliffs are younger than those in the Grand Canyon. The Kayenta Formation, Moenave Formation and Navajo Sandstone of the early Jurassic period are exposed in this view of the Vermilion Cliffs. The Navajo Sandstone forms the vertical cliffs at the top. The rocks were deposited about 200 million years ago. Vermilion Cliffs. Vermilion Cliffs. Vermilion Cliffs. The Chinle Formation of the late Triassic period extends from under the Vermilion Cliffs on the right side of this picture. The Chinle Formation is exposed at the base of the Vermilion Cliffs. Large boulders fall from the top of the cliff and accumulate on the lower slopes. Rainfall erodes the ground around the boulders, leaving them perched on narrow pedestals. Vermilion Cliffs. Vermilion Cliffs. Vermilion Cliffs. Vermilion Cliffs. Vermilion Cliffs. Balancing Rock. Vermilion Cliffs. Vermilion Cliffs. Vermilion Cliffs. Vermilion Cliffs. The old Navajo Bridge across Marble Canyon was built in 1929. It is now a pedestrian bridge. Old Navajo Bridge. All vehicular traffic now uses the new Navajo Bridge, which was built in 1995. It is 470 from the bridge to the Colorado River below. Navajo Bridge. Navajo Bridge. Navajo Bridge Marble Canyon Arizona: You can buy prints up to twelve inches by thirty inches or 5" x 7" greeting cards of this photograph. The sunlight glinting on the surface of the river has been removed by the polarizer. Before the bridge was built, all traffic had to cross Marble Canyon at Lee's Ferry, a few miles upstream. Marble Canyon. Marble Canyon Arizona: You can buy prints up to twelve inches by thirty-six inches or 5" x 7" greeting cards of this photograph. Send a message to Brian.
Panorama size: 1240 megapixels (40620 x 30544 pixels) Input images: 357 (17 columns by 21 rows) Field of view: 202.2 degrees wide by 152.0 degrees high (top=82.2, bottom=-69.8)
Bright Angel Trail overlook.
Bright Angel Trail Overlook Grand Canyon Arizona: You can buy prints up to four feet by six feet or 5" x 7" greeting cards of this photograph.
Desert View overlook. The Coloorado River winds through the Precambrian Vishnu Schist at the bottom of the canyon. The rocks of the Vishnu Schist were deposited over 1.7 billion years ago. Any rock formations that were deposited between that time and the Cambrian period were eroded away at this location. Above the Vishnus Schist, the formations include the Tapeats Sandstone, Bright Angel Shale and Temple Butte Formation of the Cambrian period. These formations form the Tonto Group. They were deposited about 500 million years ago. Rocks deposited during the Ordivician and Silurian periods were eroded away. Later, the Redwall Limestone of the Mississippian period, the Supai Group of the Pennsylvanian period, and the Hermit Shale, Coconino Sandstone, Toroweap Formation, and Kaibab Limestone of the Permian period were depostied. These rocks were deposited between 250 million and 350 million years ago.
Desert View overlook.
The 70-foot tall Desert View Watchtower was designed by Mary Colter for the Fred Harvey Company. It was completed in 1933.
The Grand Canyon Lodge on the north rim was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood. The original lodge building was completed in 1928, but it burned in 1932 and was reconstructed in 1937.
North Rim overlook.
The Aspen are turning color on the Kaibab Plateau.
Kaibab Plateau meadow.
The Vermilion Cliffs stretch from the Kaibab Plateau to Lake Powell. The dirt road on the valley floor is the Honeymoon Trail.
Polarizer: These photos show the effect of a polariazer. Sunlight is scattered by particles in the atmosphere. In any direction, all of the photons that bounce off a particle in the air are polarized in the same direction. Photons at the blue end of the visible light spedctrum are more likely to be scattered by particles in the air. Roataing a polarizer so that it is aligned at a 90 degree angle to the polariization of the light bouncing off the air removes the blue haze in front of the landsacpe and makes the sky darker.
The rocks of the Vermilion Cliffs are younger than those in the Grand Canyon. The Kayenta Formation, Moenave Formation and Navajo Sandstone of the early Jurassic period are exposed in this view of the Vermilion Cliffs. The Navajo Sandstone forms the vertical cliffs at the top. The rocks were deposited about 200 million years ago.
Vermilion Cliffs.
The Chinle Formation of the late Triassic period extends from under the Vermilion Cliffs on the right side of this picture.
The Chinle Formation is exposed at the base of the Vermilion Cliffs. Large boulders fall from the top of the cliff and accumulate on the lower slopes.
Rainfall erodes the ground around the boulders, leaving them perched on narrow pedestals.
Balancing Rock.
The old Navajo Bridge across Marble Canyon was built in 1929. It is now a pedestrian bridge.
Old Navajo Bridge.
All vehicular traffic now uses the new Navajo Bridge, which was built in 1995. It is 470 from the bridge to the Colorado River below.
Navajo Bridge.
Navajo Bridge Marble Canyon Arizona: You can buy prints up to twelve inches by thirty inches or 5" x 7" greeting cards of this photograph.
The sunlight glinting on the surface of the river has been removed by the polarizer.
Before the bridge was built, all traffic had to cross Marble Canyon at Lee's Ferry, a few miles upstream.
Marble Canyon.
Marble Canyon Arizona: You can buy prints up to twelve inches by thirty-six inches or 5" x 7" greeting cards of this photograph.
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