2 septembre 2012 - Temple City, CA, USA - Le Grand Canyon est vu de point Hopi. Le Grand Canyon est un canyon aux flancs abrupts sculptés par le fleuve Colorado aux États-Unis dans l'état de l'Arizona. Elle est contenue à l'intérieur et géré par le Parc National du Grand Canyon, la tribu Hualapai Nation, et la tribu Havasupai. Le président Theodore Roosevelt a été un important partisan de la préservation de la zone du Grand Canyon, et il a rendu visite à de nombreuses occasions de chasser et profiter du paysage. Elle est considérée comme l'une des sept merveilles naturelles du monde..Le Grand Canyon est de 277 miles (446 km) de long, jusqu'à 18 miles

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• Date de la prise de vue: 2 septembre 2012
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Sept. 2, 2012 - Temple City, CA, USA - The Grand Canyon is seen from Hopi point. The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, and the Havasupai Tribe. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery. It is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World..The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6, 000 feet / 1, 800 metres). Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists, recent evidence suggests the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago. Since that time, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to its present-day configuration..For thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon (''Ongtupqa'' in Hopi language) a holy site and made pilgrimages to it. The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was Garc’a L—pez de C‡rdenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540. (Credit Image: © Ringo Chiu/ZUMAPRESS.com)