Grand Canyon sunrise

This morning I got up early to watch the dawn in the canyon.  I was VERY glad I knew how to dress.  I was wearing 4 layers of fleece and poly.  Even so, the pre-dawn temps and the wind at the rim made it cold, though tolerable.

Join me to watch the dawning sunlight drop into the canyon.

 

 Moment by moment, the light changed, bringing points and walls out of the shadow, lighting them crimson and yellow in the rising sun.

Once the sun was up a bit, it lit, beautifully, the buttress upon which I was standing at Mather Point.

The daytime colors of the canyon began to emerge.

Cool stuff!