Delicate
Arch
This
panoramic photograph of Arches was taken by James Blakeway.
It features a view of Delicate Arch, which balances at the edge of a
canyon and is one of the most visited sights at Arches National Park.
In 1929, President Herbert Hoover set aside Arches as a National
Monument. Arches remained a National Monument until 1969, when President
Richard Nixon signed a bill making it a National Park.
Water and ice, extreme temperatures, underground salt movement and
100 million years of erosion are responsible for the scenery of Arches
National Park. There are more
than 2000 cataloged arches in the area.
Bryce
Canyon
(Item # BC-1)
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Bryce
Canyon
This
panoramic photograph of Bryce Canyon was taken by James Blakeway.
It features a sunrise view of Bryce Amphitheater, the largest natural
amphitheater in the park. Erosion
has shaped the colorful formations into what starts as fins, then further
erode into pinnacles and spires called “hoodoos.”
These in turn weaken and fall, adding their bright colors to the
hills below. Each year more
than 1.5 million visitors from all over the world visit the park.
Open all year, the park offers recreational opportunities for all
seasons with hiking, sightseeing and photography being the most popular.
Days can be spent hiking throughout the area.
Grand
Canyon
(Item # GC-1)
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Grand
Canyon
This
panoramic photograph of the Grand Canyon was taken by James Blakeway.
It features a late day view of the Grand Canyon from the South Rim
looking across at the North Rim. The
Grand Canyon National Park covers 1,218,375 acres in Arizona.
Grand Canyon National Game Preserve (established in 1906), became
Grand Canyon National Park by an Act of Congress in 1919.
The canyon was created as the Colorado River cut through the layers
of rock creating the cliffs, ridges, hills and valleys.
The floor of the canyon is approximately a mile below the North Rim
and is about 35 degrees hotter than the temperatures above.
Yosemite
National Park
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Yosemite
National Park
This
panoramic photograph of Yosemite National Park was taken by James Blakeway.
It features a view of Yosemite Valley with snow-fed Bridalvail Fall
on the right side of the valley. Along
the left side of the valley is El Capitan, which rises 3,604 feet and is the
largest of the many
granite domes and peaks.
Yosemite lay beneath an ancient sea 500 million years ago.
The seabed was thrust upward and molten rock welled up and cooled to
form granite.
Erosion and Alpine Glaciers carved Yosemite Valley as they cut
through the canyon of the Merced River, exposing the granite and El Capitan.
