Early Morning, Yavapai Point - Explored!
Having been expecting crowds, I got to the Point at 0615 in order to get a good spot. As it turned out, nobody else appeared for another 30 minutes and then only a handful or so.
I took this shot at somewhere within the first hour or so with the sun still at a relatively low angle, producing a super range of shadows. The view is looking north-west from Yavapai Point with what I think is the Isis Temple just right of centre, In the background is the North Rim on the far side of the canyon.
In the skies above, clouds are gathering and lenticular clouds formed not long afterwards for a short period. There was a stiff wind from the east all day, the precursor to incoming stormy weather that reduced visibility to just less than 50m the following day.
Note the snow on the rock at left. There was 5-10 cm on the South Rim - the North Rim (which sits some 300m higher) was still closed due to much deeper snow.
Scanned from a negative.
Early Morning, Yavapai Point - Explored!
Having been expecting crowds, I got to the Point at 0615 in order to get a good spot. As it turned out, nobody else appeared for another 30 minutes and then only a handful or so.
I took this shot at somewhere within the first hour or so with the sun still at a relatively low angle, producing a super range of shadows. The view is looking north-west from Yavapai Point with what I think is the Isis Temple just right of centre, In the background is the North Rim on the far side of the canyon.
In the skies above, clouds are gathering and lenticular clouds formed not long afterwards for a short period. There was a stiff wind from the east all day, the precursor to incoming stormy weather that reduced visibility to just less than 50m the following day.
Note the snow on the rock at left. There was 5-10 cm on the South Rim - the North Rim (which sits some 300m higher) was still closed due to much deeper snow.
Scanned from a negative.