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Arizona - Grand Canyon: Exciting wildness and unimaginable power of geological history of the earth!
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: impressive how the Colorado River has carved out the mighty valley. Telephoto downstream, seen from Pima Point
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: View in the dusk from Hermits Rest to Yuma Point. The ridge is at 6,600 ft / 2000 m
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: West Rim Trail with beautiful view (near Hermits Rest)
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: "Mather Point" - Visitor magnet because easily accessible location, directly at the Grand Canyon Village
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: View to the "Mather Point" - different rock layers give an impression of the geological time span during the formation of this natural wonder
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: outstanding viewpoint at the South Rim - "Mather Point"
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail -Down at the Tonto Plateau you can see the trail that leads up to Plateau Point and gives a great view of the Colorado River
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: Granite Rapids --Mile 93.9-- for boaters, one of the more difficult rapids to pass on the Colorado River inside the canyon
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: the Colorado River has formed in the Granite Gorge. Here you are at 2,400 ft / 730 meters
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail - from the trailhead a view to the west to Maricopa Point
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail - the lower part of the trail leads right to one of the many rapids of the Colorado River
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail -View from the distance of the target of most of the hikers: the Colorado River (Kaibab-Suspension-Bridge on the right) and the overnight camp Phantom Ranch (on the left in the valley)
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail -after 4.9 mi. / 7.7 km of the downhill trail you reach the Tonto Plateau and Indian Garden
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail - from the trailhead to the Three Mile Resthouse, the trail overcomes an altitude difference of 630 m / 2,100 ft over a distance of 4.9 km / 3 miles
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: on Bright Angel Trail - Water is available from the trans-canyon pipeline at the Mile-and-a-half Resthouse, the Three Mile Resthouse, and Indian Garden
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: The Bright Angel Trail down from the South Rim with its steepest parts
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: Bright Angel Trail - on the way down the first tunnel has to be passed
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: at the stone gate - the upper part of the Bright Angel Trail is used by many visitors for a short "sniff" - hike down
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: Bright Angel Trailhead - starting point to hike 9.9 miles / 15.5 km down to the valley & Colorado River
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: Hiking along the South Rim on well-maintained trails is a high treat - even better is a tour into the canyon....
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: Plant life recovers after forest fire @East Rim Drive
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: access to Grand Canyon Village and the South Rim viewpoints via excellent roads
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: Canyon View Center as starting point for the shuttle buses to the West Rim Drive
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: The view to the north shows the transverse valley of Bright Angel Creek - along this valley runs the only rim-to-rim trail, the North Kaibab Trail
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: Impressive rock formations in many different colors and shapes allow a look back into the geological past
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: Probably the most famous national park in the USA is the Grand Canyon NP, which covers exactly 4,926.67 square kilometers. It became a World Heritage Site in 1979
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: Teddy Roosevelt said in 1903: "Leave it as it is, You cannot improve on it. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it."
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: Sunset from Maricopa Point (South Rim) - illuminated appears the Isis Temple Rock in front of the North Rim
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Arizona - Grand Canyon: Sunlight at sunset illuminates Grand Canyon Village and El Tovar Hotel
