Lipon Point Sunset - Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona is a photograph by Brian Harig which was uploaded on November 16th, 2013.
Lipon Point Sunset - Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona
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by Brian Harig
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Lipon Point Sunset - Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona
Artist
Brian Harig
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Photograph - Photographs - Photography
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Also available at www.brianharig.com
Just before sunset, sun rays light up the Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, and the Havasupai Tribe. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery. It is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet or 1,800 meters). Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists, recent evidence suggests the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago. Since that time, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to its present-day configuration.
For thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon a holy site and made pilgrimages to it. The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was Garcia Lopez de Cardenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540.
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November 16th, 2013
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Neli Stoyanova
Congratulations on being featured on the home page of the FAA Group “Everything Sunset.” I am proud to display and promote your talents. l/f
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations! Your beautiful artwork has been featured on the homepage of "Travel Art" group at Fine Art America, and saved on our Travel Art Group board on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/travelways/travel-art-group-on-fine-art-america/ :) Please archive it in the specific travel category under discussions, and don't forget to promote it in our Facebook group ;)
Delynn Addams
Congratulations your image is featured on the front page of FAA art group, "AMBIENT IMAGES."
Landon Spady
This image is being featured in Photography Through The Lens Of The Land group one of the most fastest growing groups on FAA featuring the best landscape photographers! Congratulations on your beautiful composition!
Lucinda Walter
Congratulations! Your beautiful work is featured in the FAA group "Beauty of Arizona"
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Jens Larsen
Great capture! Nice and crisp. I've always had trouble with the haze there, never the right day, beautifully done though! L/F/F