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Navaho Point
A morning drive to the eastern end of the South Rim earned us this view looking west into the canyon from Navaho Point. It’s all pastels and few shadows to give you a feel for how far you are looking (about 15 miles) or how far down it goes (over 4000 feet).
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Kiva
The ruins of a Pueblo “kiva” along the South Rim helps visualize this structure that was used for storage, ceremonies, and festivals about 900 years ago.
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Tusayan Ruins
900 years ago, the native residents along the South Rim built a stone structure for living and working in. We walked around the ruins that still show the rooms and some of the wooden poles they built into their home.
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Milky Way
Grand Canyon National Park is a “dark sky” area, and one of the best places to see millions of stars on a clear night. Here’s the best that my phone can record of what stretches from horizon to horizon – the Milky Way galaxy!
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Comet
A dark sky event along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon gave me a chance to finally see the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet. It’s getting fainter as it heads out of our solar system.
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David’s Questions
Near Mather Point, there is a space for First Amendment expression. That’s where we met David, an artist who shared three neutral questions or statements that we can use to engage each other about politics, such as “Describe your feelings or reactions to the current state of U.S. politics.” Listen, and you may find common ground.
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Bright Angel Canyon
That deep ravine opposite Mather Point is the Bright Angel Canyon, marking the most popular trail from the Colorado River up to the North Rim. Afternoon light begins to make the shadows more distinct.
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Curious Deer
Walking near our campground, we passed this deer grazing in the bushes along the path. Seeing as many people as I’m sure it does, this deer was more curious than afraid of us. We still kept our distance.
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Afternoon Canyon
Any photo of the Grand Canyon pales before the overwhelming impression that looking out across this view makes on you when you first walk up to the edge.
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Mather Point – Afternoon
After arriving at the Grand Canyon, we walked out to Mather Point where you can see people out on a rocky viewpoint taking in the amazing vista.
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Covered Wagon
In our Page, AZ campground, there are several of these covered wagon campers you can rent. Get the feel of being an early pioneer, but with the added experience of that classic pioneer feature, air conditioning. (See the box under the front wheels.)
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Prickly Plum
Cacti in our Page, Arizona campground were loaded with purple fruit. I’ve heard of prickly pear cactus; is there a prickly plum cactus?
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Dark Clouds
The clouds rolled in that afternoon, presenting a contrast to the regular layers of sandstone on our short hike near our campground in Page, AZ.
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Overhang
The sandstone overhang near our Page campground frames a photo of us on a cloudy afternoon.
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Curves
This orange wall of sandstone was just a few hundred yards away from our campground in Page, AZ.
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Armada
This sandy parking lot full of trucks and busses just outside Upper Antelope Canyon is a reminder that about 1,500 visitors walk through the canyon every day in October (and 2,500 a day in the summer months).
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Purple Walls
This view back into the canyon from near the exit brings out the purple (and even blue) shades of the walls.
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Looking Up
Toward the end of our hike through Upper Antelope Canyon, I caught this view straight up of the sandstone layers overhanging the canyon.
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Sandstone Swirls 9
The ninth of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon, also taken by Elaine showing the different colors of sandstone in the canyon.
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Sandstone Swirls 8
The eighth of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon, this one taken by Elaine showing a tree stump lodged in the rocks high above our heads.
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Portrait in Orange
Here we are at the bottom of the 60- to 80-foot deep Upper Antelope Canyon surrounded by orange sandstone.
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Sandstone Swirls 7
The seventh of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon.
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Sandstone Swirls 6
The sixth of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon.
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Sandstone Swirls 5
The fifth of a series of views inside Upper Antelope Canyon.
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Rickie
Rickie, our outstanding Navaho guide through Upper Antelope Canyon, shows where a several-foot long chunk of rock was recently broken off by a flood through the canyon.
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