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| Landsat 8 True color composite mosaic created from imagery dated 9-30-14 & 11-25-2014 Grand Canyon, AZ |
Over 5 millions people go to sight-see the Grand Canyon every year. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and is over 6,000 feet deep. It is estimated that over 2 billion years of earth's geologic history is exposed from the erosion caused by the Colorado River. The Colorado River started flowing through this area about 17 million years ago. The Grand Canyon is an easy landmark in case you are ever in orbit around the earth with no reference. You can only hope you'll be found in that situation one day.
The Kaibab Plateau is the stretch of green that borders the canyon to the North. There are several species that are endemic to the plateau.
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| Mosaic of Landsat 8 Imagery 11-15-2014 and USGS National Elevation Dataset 1/3 arc-second Dark and light orange correspond with low and high elevation respectively Same extent as imagery shown above |
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