Grand Canyon 43rd Anniversary Trip

Once again we made our way back to the Grand Canyon.  Every trip is different in feel and look.  This trip the first day was snowy and the next two were clear.  We saw Elk, which have never before put in an appearance for us.

I'll post some photos that are a mixture of digital and scanned film shots.  The film and Minolta 3Xi camera reacted really well with early morning sun and gave some stunning photos.

View west from the El Tovar terrace.  

View North from Hopi Point.

 

View East from the Yavapai Ranger Station.

View down into the Inner Gorge and Bright Angel Canyon with a view of Phantom Canyon Ranch.

A couple of elk photos.

One thing about the Grand Canyon is that it is very dark at night.  I took advantage of that and tried my hand at astrophotography.  Here is a shot.  In the lower left of the photo you can see the Orion nebula,  the sword points down toward the corner.  In the upper right of the photo you can see the Pleiades, a closely spaced group of 7 stars in a region where new stars are being born.

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