Snowy Grand Canyon
Taken from a light plane overflying the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, this view shows the canyons and ridges just east of the South Kataib Trail (which runs along the spine of the ridge partially seen at the extreme right of shot).
There was about 30cm of snow on the ground at the head of the Bright Angel Trail and as seen here, it descended quite a way into the Canyon, picking out the various rock layers in spectacular fashion.
For those of you who are interested, the height difference between the valley junction just above the date and the top of the canyon rim above it (the green forest at the upper right) is approximately 700m, according to some rough work in GoogleEarth.
Scanned from a negative taken during my first road trip in the US, which ranged across the major National Parks in the high desert of the South West.
Snowy Grand Canyon
Taken from a light plane overflying the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, this view shows the canyons and ridges just east of the South Kataib Trail (which runs along the spine of the ridge partially seen at the extreme right of shot).
There was about 30cm of snow on the ground at the head of the Bright Angel Trail and as seen here, it descended quite a way into the Canyon, picking out the various rock layers in spectacular fashion.
For those of you who are interested, the height difference between the valley junction just above the date and the top of the canyon rim above it (the green forest at the upper right) is approximately 700m, according to some rough work in GoogleEarth.
Scanned from a negative taken during my first road trip in the US, which ranged across the major National Parks in the high desert of the South West.