File:Grand Canyon Mather Point02.jpg

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English: The Grand Canyon is a steep sided gorge formed by the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States. View from Mather Point on the South Rim to the gorge.
(View due northeast, overlooking "ridgeline" north from Yaki Point, ~1-mi due-east of Mather) The close-up, white-buff layered stone (cliff) at left, is "flat-topped", bedded en:Kaibab Limestone/Kaibab Formation. The ridgeline in view is extremely steep (west side); the east side contains, less steep grade, though still exceedingly steep, contains the en:South Kaibab Trail. The usual coloration of the red en:Supai Group en:red beds is possibly from the lack of 'debris accumulation', and thus the build-up of stains on the rock, from overlying rock units (minieralization when wet) (the Supai Group is dramatically darker than typical Grand Canyon exposures). The Supai Group (4-units) sit on the ~500 ft vertical cliff of Redwall Limestone, prominent as one of the base units on many landforms seen along Granite Gorge, in the depth of Grand Canyon.
Deutsch: Der Grand Canyon ist eine vom Colorado River geformte tiefe Schlucht im nördlichen Arizona, Vereinigte Staaten. Im Bild: Blick vom Mather Point am Südrand in die Schlucht.
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Camera location36° 03′ 41.85″ N, 112° 06′ 28.61″ W  Heading=83° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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