A visit to Grand Falls
Apr 17, 2019 15:53:48 #
Last Friday we went to Grand Falls (also known as Chocolate Falls) on the Navajo Reservation. It started out cloudy, but cleared as the day went on, so we ended up with beautiful blue skies. It snowed all day on the San Francisco Peaks, and when we came back to town, we drove through snow!
Anyway, here are the falls - actually WITH WATER! (That's rare.) They are out in the middle of nowhere on the Little Colorado River that is fed by snow melt that comes down off of Mt. Baldy.
Those of you who are here in the desert Southwest, if you haven't been here yet, you should go while there is water!
Anyway, here are the falls - actually WITH WATER! (That's rare.) They are out in the middle of nowhere on the Little Colorado River that is fed by snow melt that comes down off of Mt. Baldy.
Those of you who are here in the desert Southwest, if you haven't been here yet, you should go while there is water!
The river above the falls
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The many-tiered falls
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Trying to see all of it in one frame
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The view from the bottom
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Very nice set Kathy. Like the "birds eye view" of the falls.
/George
/George
Apr 17, 2019 16:40:17 #
A geologist/photographer friend Greg McKelvey explained how Grand Falls was created. The Little Colorado River used to run through a deep channel (some of which you see after the water cascades from the Falls) when a volcano erupted and lava clogged the canyon causing the river to reroute. You likely saw the black lava rock on one side but not on the other. That is what plugged the canyon and Grand (Chocolate) Falls is where the river re-enters the original channel.
Knowing this makes a visit to the Falls a lot more interesting to me and gives even more to look for at this wonderful place.
Knowing this makes a visit to the Falls a lot more interesting to me and gives even more to look for at this wonderful place.
Apr 17, 2019 18:02:23 #
Apr 17, 2019 18:34:40 #
weberwest wrote:
Beautiful, interesting shots with the white water!
Thank you.
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Apr 17, 2019 18:37:25 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Great shots. Thanks for not using long exposures.
Thanks. I really dislike long exposures of water. I kept upping the ISO to get faster shutter speeds.
Apr 17, 2019 18:38:54 #
gsmith051 wrote:
Very nice set Kathy. Like the "birds eye view" of the falls.
/George
/George
Thanks, George. I enjoyed both views, but the one from above is the more normal view as the trip down is arduous.
Apr 17, 2019 18:40:20 #
genesampson wrote:
A geologist/photographer friend Greg McKelvey expl... (show quote)
And it makes a hard right turn right there.
Apr 17, 2019 18:40:44 #
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