"The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features... The glories and beauties of form, color and sound unite in the Grand Canyon... It has infinite variety and no part is ever duplicated. Its colors, although many and complex at any instant, change with the ascending and declining sun... You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view...but to see it you have to toil from month to month through this labyrinths...but if strength and courage are sufficient for the task, by a year's toil a concept of sublimity can be obtained never again to be equaled on hither side of Paradise."
Powell, John Wesley 1909
Powell, John Wesley 1909
Well after being here for a week I figured it was time to post a photo of the grand canyon. Pictures really do not do the canyon justice. I arrived here Monday night and went out about an hour before sunrise on Tuesday. It was pitch dark but as the sun slowly started to appear over the horizon the canyon started to reveal itself. First the walls, then the depths of the canyon, then the details in the rock, and finally the contrast of colors as the sun reflected off the rock, shadows appeared, etc. It was definetely awe inspiring.
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