Bright Angel Canyon at Sunrise
by Jeff Goulden
Title
Bright Angel Canyon at Sunrise
Artist
Jeff Goulden
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Sixty million years ago the west side of Bright Angel Fault was lifted higher than the east side, creating the canyon that we now see. The exposed walls of Bright Angel Canyon allow us to see the geological history of the area. Tropical seas, coastal beaches, sand dunes, swamps, lagoons, and Sahara-like deserts are represented by the horizontal layers that are exposed. The upper five layers of stacked rock records 70 million years of rising and falling sea levels. The limestone layers represent shallow sea environments, sandstone layers mean sandy beaches or dunes, while shale layers translate to mud flats, swamps, or coastal plains. This picture of Bright Angel Canyon was taken at sunrise from Bright Angel Point on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
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September 2nd, 2019
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Comments (7)
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations - Your beautiful artwork has been featured in the "Travel Art" gallery at Fine Art America! For further promotion, you can post it to the specific Travel Destinations galleries, our Facebook group and our Pinterest board - all the links are provided on our group's homepage.
Janet Marie
Your beautiful work has been given SPECIAL NOTICE, in the 2020 13th round of, "JANET'S JUBILATIONS!" It can be found in the discussion thread, "Janet's Jubilations April-June 2020" in the "BEAUTY OF ARIZONA," art group. One of 15 talented artists chosen for the week of Friday 05/01/20. A brief thought shared above your artwork. Janetđź’•
Janet Marie
Congratulations! Your artwork has been featured on the Homepage of the “Beauty Of Arizona” Art Group for the week of Friday, (05/01/20). You are welcome to submit your artwork in the discussion thread “2020 Thanks and Features Archive April-June" and Also feel free to Announce your Homepage Feature in our Facebook Group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/naturalbeautyofarizona/ like/fave Janet💕
Don Columbus
Congratulations Jeff, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet!