elf1 > Then the sun came out, and we could see all the way back to Grand Canyon Village further back along the rim.
elf1 > Bright Angel Trail out to the edge of the lower plateau.
elf1 > So many rocks to erode, so little time. Geologically speaking. Or not.
elf1 > Close-up of the next part of Bright Angel Trail.
elf1 > A cool photo of the Mather Point viewpoint, and just when the clouds were getting interesting, my SLR's last battery died. So I ran back to the car, grabbed my cheap snapshot camera, ran back out there...
elf1 > The Orphan Mine. Mined uranium.
elf1 > The red stone in the upper foreground layers is 300-500 million years old; the broad white of Bright Angel Shale and Tapeats Sandstone is 530-545 million years old.
elf1 > Wait--is that sun?
elf1 > At just about our last viewpoint, we can finally see the Colorado River far below.
Then the sun came out, and we could see all the way back to Grand Canyon Village further back along the rim.
elf1 > Then the sun came out, and we could see all the way back to Grand Canyon Village further back along the rim.
Then the sun came out, and we could see all the way back to Grand Canyon Village further back along the rim.
See photo in gallery

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