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GRCSS_220714_0046.JPG: Rim Trail
GRCSS_220714_0070.JPG: Mather Point Amphitheater
GRCSS_220714_0188.JPG: Coins Can Kill
A California condor died recently of zinc poisoning from swallowing coins. She was a breeding female, possibly seeking a calcium source before producing an egg. Other wildlife has been harmed by ingesting various forms of litter.
Please help us protect park in wildlife by not littering or tossing coins into the canyon.
GRCSS_220714_0304.JPG: Rim Trail
GRCSS_220714_0315.JPG: Grand Canyon Facts
GRCSS_220714_0452.JPG: The Mighty Colorado?
Can you spot the Colorado River? It looks tiny, surrounded by the vast Grand Canyon, but do not be deceived. Its racing, muddy waters carved the one-mile (1.6 km) depth of Grand Canyon, Standing on the canyon's edge you may feel distant and disconnected from the river. But our connection is strong our thirst for its waters is relentless in the desert Southwest. Today, cities and farms consume Colorado River before it ever reaches the sea.
Can you find the bridge in the view? It spans 440 feet (123 m), carrying hikers and mules 70 feet (21 m) above the river to nearby Phantom Ranch.
Olympic Medalist?
In 1963, Lake Powell began backing up behind Glen Canyon Dam, just upstream of Grand Canyon. The dam holds back the Colorado River's canyon-carving power. Still, 128,040 gallons (484,684 liters) per second surges through the Inner Gorge during normal dam operations. That much water would fill an Olympic-size pool in only five seconds. Perhaps the river deserves a gold medal?
GRCSS_220714_0497.JPG: How's the View?
On a clear day you can easily see Mount Trumbull just above the western horizon, 62 miles (99 km) away. Most days, haze makes spotting this distant landmark difficult. Sadly, most of this haze is human-caused. It can be a plume from a local forest fire, but usually haze is pollution from urban and industrial areas hundreds of miles to the south and west, and even from Asia.
In high concentrations, these pollutants can injure park ecosystems and human health. To protect the canyon views, the park has been monitoring air quality since the 1970s. The good news is that the park's clearest days have gotten clearer in recent years. The bad news is that the haziest days have stayed about the same.
Most of Grand Canyon's air pollution comes from distant sources, ignoring human boundary lines. If you help clean up the air at home, you help clear Grand Canyon's view.
How does Grand Canyon look today? Can you see Mount Trumbull? Are the canyon's formations sharp and colorful? How does it compare to the clarity of air you have at home?
GRCSS_220714_0574.JPG: Imagine Uinkaret volcanoes erupting 200,000 years ago
GRCSS_220714_0595.JPG: Rim Trail
GRCSS_220714_0618.JPG: Hang on to your trash.
GRCSS_220714_0622.JPG: Hikers on the trail
GRCSS_220714_0634.JPG: Welcome to Bright Angel Trail
GRCSS_220714_0640.JPG: When mules pass
Stand to the inside of the trail
Follow mule guides instructions
GRCSS_220714_0766.JPG: Rim Trail
GRCSS_220714_0780.JPG: Because of the antennas needed for the ranger station, this was one of the few areas where I had decent cell phone coverage.
AAA "Gem": AAA considers this location to be a "must see" point of interest. To see pictures of other areas that AAA considers to be Gems, click here.
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2022 photos: This year included major setbacks -- including Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the Supreme Court imposing the evangelical version of sharia law -- but also some steps forward like the results of the midterms.
This website had its 20th anniversary in August, 2022.
Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
(February) a visit to see Dad and Dixie in Asheville, NC with some other members of my family,
(July) a trip out west for the return of San Diego Comic-Con, and
(October) a long weekend in New York to cover New York Comic-Con.
Number of photos taken this year: about 386,000, up 2020 and 2021 levels but still way below pre-pandemic levels.
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