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Grand Canyon by VinayakH
About 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 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 ("Ongtupqa" in Hopi language) a holy site and made pilgrimages to it. The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was García López de Cárdenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540
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Storms in the Valley by Brock Whittaker Photography
I have gone this whole summer without a single good storm in the desert, and finally I got one.
I drove out on my own to the edges of Maricopa and took these photos near a farm field. I kind of liked the minimalism here. I didn’t get the sandstorm that I was hoping for, but I got some pretty cool virga formations!
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Mill Avenue by Brock Whittaker Photography
We went out to the city tonight to eat after my sister’s graduation. It was one of my first chances to really get to use the Rokinon 85/1.4 for personal use. I love the bokeh on this lens! It has nice rendering,and it is really quite sharp wide open.
It’s been a while since I have uploaded (about a month). It’s because my computer broke. After about three weeks I purchased the Dell Latitude E6230. It’s pretty awesome, and so much faster than my old computer. I stitched together 10 photos in 50 seconds; awesome!
Hope you guys have a great weekend! I’m out of school now, so photos should be more regular.
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Mill Avenue by Brock Whittaker Photography
We went out to the city tonight to eat after my sister’s graduation. It was one of my first chances to really get to use the Rokinon 85/1.4 for personal use. I love the bokeh on this lens! It has nice rendering,and it is really quite sharp wide open.
It’s been a while since I have uploaded (about a month). It’s because my computer broke. After about three weeks I purchased the Dell Latitude E6230. It’s pretty awesome, and so much faster than my old computer. I stitched together 10 photos in 50 seconds; awesome!
Hope you guys have a great weekend! I’m out of school now, so photos should be more regular.
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