North Rim Sunset
by Cheryl McClure
Title
North Rim Sunset
Artist
Cheryl McClure
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
A most spectacular view, and even after this amazing scene of the sun firing up the tops of the canyon and the people on the lookout, a rainbow came formed in the distance. Everyone on the patio at the lodge was whispering "look, there's a rainbow!".
The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Ongtupqa; Yavapai: Wi:kaŹ¼i:la) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, and the Havasupai Tribe. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery. It is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet or 1,800 meters). Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists, recent evidence suggests the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago. Since that time, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to its present-day configuration.
For thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon ("Ongtupqa" in Hopi language) a holy site and made pilgrimages to it. The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was Garcia Lopez de Cordenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540.
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September 2nd, 2013
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Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
How very beautiful Cheryl! We hiked down and then back up from Phantom Ranch in 2 days from the North Rim. We added our Like! Celebrate life, Debra and Dave
Cheryl McClure replied:
Debra and Dave, Thanks so much for your comment. It's such a wonderful place isn't it?