19th April: Grand Canyon
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[[Image:LittleColorado.JPG|left|thumb|350px|'''Little Colorado River Canyon''' (Gavin 19-Apr-07)]] | [[Image:LittleColorado.JPG|left|thumb|350px|'''Little Colorado River Canyon''' (Gavin 19-Apr-07)]] | ||
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[[Image:Helicopter.jpg|frame|left|'' 'Despite warnings that there aren’t enough engines in a helicopter, we took a flight across the Grand Canyon. We asked if it could loop-the-loop, and the pilot said it could, but only once, so we didn’t try it. Some rocks exposed in the canyon are 1.84 billion years old—amongst the oldest exposed anywhere in the world! And although we love all rocks equally, we can’t help but have a special liking for really old ones.' '' (Comments by '''Dan''', photo by '''Bev''' 19-Apr-07)]] | [[Image:Helicopter.jpg|frame|left|'' 'Despite warnings that there aren’t enough engines in a helicopter, we took a flight across the Grand Canyon. We asked if it could loop-the-loop, and the pilot said it could, but only once, so we didn’t try it. Some rocks exposed in the canyon are 1.84 billion years old—amongst the oldest exposed anywhere in the world! And although we love all rocks equally, we can’t help but have a special liking for really old ones.' '' (Comments by '''Dan''', photo by '''Bev''' 19-Apr-07)]] | ||
[[Image:GCtipoff.JPG|frame|left|'''Sunset Wave''' (Chuck on 48x zoom) 19-Apr-07]] | [[Image:GCtipoff.JPG|frame|left|'''Sunset Wave''' (Chuck on 48x zoom) 19-Apr-07]] | ||
Revision as of 08:05, 29 April 2007
Ron explains the Canyon to Jinny; Bev still has a T-shirt on his head (Gavin 19-Apr-07)
'Despite warnings that there aren’t enough engines in a helicopter, we took a flight across the Grand Canyon. We asked if it could loop-the-loop, and the pilot said it could, but only once, so we didn’t try it. Some rocks exposed in the canyon are 1.84 billion years old—amongst the oldest exposed anywhere in the world! And although we love all rocks equally, we can’t help but have a special liking for really old ones.' (Comments by Dan, photo by Bev 19-Apr-07)
Sunset Wave (Chuck on 48x zoom) 19-Apr-07
