The Grand Canyon North Rim - Portrait Series - 3
by Hany J
Title
The Grand Canyon North Rim - Portrait Series - 3
Artist
Hany J
Medium
Photograph - Original Photo
Description
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona. It is about 277 miles long, about 18 miles wide and has a depth of over a mile (or about 6,100 feet).
Nearly two billion years of Earth's geological history have 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 some aspects about its geological history are debated, several recent studies support the hypothesis that the Colorado River established its course through the area about 5 to 6 million years ago. Since that time, the Colorado River has driven the down-cutting of the tributaries and retreat of the cliffs, simultaneously deepening and widening the canyon.
The canyon and adjacent rim are contained within the Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab National Forest, the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, the Hualapai Indian Reservation, the Havasupai Indian Reservation and the Navajo Nation. And 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 North Rim of the Grand Canyon forms the edge of the Kaibab Plateau, with elevations ranging from 8,000 to 8,800 feet above sea level. Accessing the North Rim is limited to (and officially open) mid-May through mid-October (potential snow coverage on the main highway leading to the park). Depending on weather conditions, it may be possible to drive to the North Rim during the spring or fall, but no visitor services will be available.
The drive itself is an awesome experience traveling through a majestic conifer forest and past scenic Jacob Lake. The views are superbly impressive even at the visitor’s center. There are also many superbly impressive viewpoints in the park, including Point Imperial, Cape Royal, Roosevelt Point, Walhalla Overlook, Bright Angel Point (which is near the Grand Canyon Lodge North Rim, and other northern viewpoints that require some serious hiking or a 4X4 wheel drive vehicles.
The North Rim offers a totally different experience than the South Rim. In my opinion it is more serene and enthralling; may be because it is more remote and less developed than the South Rim, and so it attracts far fewer tourists and less traffic. I also think that its viewpoints are more spectacular since they are located at a higher elevation.
I had the fortune of spending a day and a half in the park, and the following are a series of images taken from multiple viewpoints at different times each day.
All images are taken with a Canon 5D III (full frame) and a Canon 7D II (crop frame) using a variety of Canon L-Series lenses, and Tamron and Sigma pro-line lenses; processed in RAW with ACR, PSC, Photomatix, and a variety of other imaging software.
All images are Copyright © 2018 Hany G. Jadaa; C.Chem. M.Sc. Eng.; and Copyright © 2018 Prince John Photography (the Artist). The material contained herein may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or downloaded in any way, shape or form. All rights are reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the Artist is strictly prohibited and will be prosecuted under US, Canadian, European, and Australian Copyright laws.
Image is available for purchase at higher resolution and no copyright stamps upon request. Please contact the artist directly at pjphotography@uniserve.com
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November 21st, 2018
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