Because we arrived about 5:30 PM--and because my clever wife saw that by grabbing a seat in the restaurant before a line developed, we could get in promptly--we didn't get out to look at the view until the sun was pretty low in the sky. For west-facing slopes, this worked out okay--and the fire on the South Rim hadn't yet started to haze up the views, as it did on subsequent days.
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There's a reason that some of the promontories are called "Temple of Mars" or "Temple of Venus." (None named, "Temple of Obama yet, thank goodness.) It's very easy to draw a parallel between man's creations and some of these limestone formations that have survived atop the red sandstones.
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This is looking up one of the side canyons that goes to the northeast from Bright Angel Point, where the Grand Canyon Lodge is located.
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