A View Of The Angels' Window
by Robert Bales
Title
A View Of The Angels' Window
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
During the uplifting of the Kaibab Plateau, stress and strain caused the rock to fracture turning vertical joints that insect the horizontal bedding plane. weathering {rain, freezing and thawing) along these planes and joints has eroded a hole in the Kaibab limestone and enlarged it to form the window.
The north rim has two main viewpoints towards the east, reached by the side road. One is Point Imperial, the highest in the park at an elevation of 8,803 feet, which apart from the canyon, here relatively shallow and less branched, also overlooks large areas of the Painted Desert and the Navajo Reservation. The second is Cape Royal (7,865 feet), perhaps the best of the north rim sites. The cape is 20 miles from AZ 67, right at the end of the road which becomes rather narrow and twisting over the last couple of miles as it runs along a steep sided ridge. There is a large carpark and a short nature trail leading to the point, where the ground drops away steeply in most directions affording superb views east, south and west along the Grand Canyon. Nearby is the short path to Cliff Spring.
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November 24th, 2015
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Comments (29)
Marvin Blaine
Mother nature as it's finest Robert! Love the way you frame this piece! All I see is Beauty! L/F!
Robert Bales replied:
She sure does a wonderful job with the beauty and thanks for the comment and the LF!
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #24 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Diana Mary Sharpton
Nominating this fabulous Grand Canyon perspective captured for special feature on the 1000 view group... fav/t/p/
Maria Hunt
Beautiful... so beautiful.. Congratulations to the 500 people to took the time to view this beautiful image. F/l