Grand Canyon From Above
Looking east through a dawn wildfire haze, the Grand Canyon Village sits on the South Rim (right) of Grand Canyon National Park. First protected as a game preserve by President Theodore Roosevelt, the 1,904-square-mile park was finally created in 1919. The Bright Angel Trail is seen descending 4,380 feet from the million-year-old Kaibab Formation to the 1.6-million-year-old Zoroaster Granite on the river.