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11/03/06
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Grand Canyon
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The Grand Canyon
The Grand
Canyon, located only 300 miles from Las Vegas, is one of the world`s scenic wonders. The national park extends from Lake Mead, between Arizona and Nevada, almost to Lake Powell on the Utah border and follows the path of the Colorado River.
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The Grand Canyon has impressive layers of rock, which are made of particles that were transported by wind and water and settled and accumulated to form a layer of sedimen-
tation.
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The layers in the canyon are a geologic clock. Just as the rings within a tree trunk tell their story, the layers of rock brought to surface by erosion produced by the
Colorado River offer
a clear chronology that goes back to the most ancient eras known to geologists.
Experts believe it took about 10 million
years to create the Grand Canyon. The oldest rocks found in the Grand Canyon are more than 2 billion years old.
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The Grand
Canyon is a definitive break in the pysical and geological continuity of two regions of northern Arizona, known as the North Rim and the South Rim. The South Rim is open year-around, but the less-traveled North Rim is closed due to snow from mid- October until mid-May.
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A descent into the Colorado gorge means breathtaking views and venturing into a vortex of geological history. In
the Grand Canyon, anitquity is paired with great biological diversity. The Canyon is characterized by remarkable variety of climates. The temperature on the northern plateau is on the average 65F lower than that at the bottom of the spectaculs gorge. In February snow on the North Rim can be several feet deep, while because of the mild temperature, the banks of the Colorado are covered with flowers.
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Las Vegas is the most logical starting point for making an visit to Grand Canyon.
Tourists who prefer to spend most of the day enjoying the beauty of Arizona desert can choose a bus-tour.
But if you don`t have a lot of time, choose a Helicopter Flight to the Grand Canyon, that includes majestic views of Lake Mead, Hoover Dam and takes approximately 3.5 hours.
(see Helicopter Flights)
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Shortly after the end of World War I, Ferdinand Foch, the former supreme commander of the Allied forces, visited
the Grand Canyon. A swarm of reporters foolowed the French leader, eager to report the Foch`s impressions. It is said that Foch gazed for some time at the immense gorge yawning open before him, then murmured:
“The canyon is the greatest manifestation of the presence of God
on the face of the Earth.”
Do you agree?
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