If you look carefully, you will see a tiny glimpse of the Colorado River at the bottom of the Canyon. For some reason, there are relatively few photos taken down into the Grand Canyon. Almost everyone familiar with the Canyon identifies with the iconic photo showing the flat horizon and the vast extent of the Canyon's crenelated side canyons. But this is the view you get as you walk into the Canyon, right near the top. As you descend the trail, soon the walls close in and your perspective changes and you are walking inside the Canyon and enter an entirely different world. Looking down from above, you cannot see the real Canyon of soaring stone walls and the huge fast running river. Most of the desert is a study in open spaces, The Canyon is a study in confinement and limits.
I understand the world inside the Grand Canyon looks complete different, and we need to walk into there on foot.
ReplyDeleteAbout thirty five year ago my father, mother and sisters took a summer vacation thru the wild west. Included in the itinerary was Arches, Zion, and the Grand Canyon. As well as many parks in California and across the norther tier of the USA. He took many slides and I wonder how the pollution then would compare with what is there now.
ReplyDeleteOn my to do list is to scan and make his slides digital.