6.14.19 - From Navajo land outside of the national park.
6.21.17 - I'm still sifting through photos from last summer's road trip, and I finally got around to editing more from the Grand Canyon. This is the only place in all of Grand Canyon National Park where you can see the Colorado River directly beneath you from the rim. It's 3000 feet straight down.
6.21.17 - This was a spectacular campsite on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. I enjoyed a slow dusk on the rim and a night in solitude without another human for dozens of miles. Seeing those first rays crest the rim of the canyon in the morning and illuminate the Colorado River 3000 feet below me was an unforgettable experience.
6.20.17 - "The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great GatsbyWhile I don't share Fitzgerald's affinity for New York City, or cities in general, I feel the same promise whenever I catch sunrise on the Grand Canyon.
6.27.15 - I enjoyed a few hours of early morning solitude watching the sunrise over the Colorado River. It's an incredible viewpoint, perched on a 1,000 foot vertical cliff above the river. Because the sun rises from behind this overlook, it creates some harsh contrast on the canyon and bend. Compare the photo I posted from my phone in June (here) with a photo from my camera. The pre-sunrise photo posted below was taken at 5:00 AM, about an hour earlier than the sunrise photo in the link above. Usually I prefer photos with some contrast and warmth, but I think the cold, blue tones of the dawn photo are incredible here.