Celebrating Dawn at the Grand Canyon

Once Up

First Light A golden dawn breaks over the Rincon Mountains and the skyline of downtown Tucson on October 1, 2005. RANDY PRENTICE To order a print of this photograph, see inside front cover. You can do everything in Arizona-all at once. To prove it, on October 1, 2005, we assembled 50 writers and photographers and told them to run, hike, climb, paddle, ride, drive, float and fly to every crannied nook of the state. So they helicoptered into Havasupai, rappelled off Baboquivari, tottered atop the San Francisco Peaks, paraded through Willcox, bugled up elk, confronted gunfighters in Tombstone, pitted runners against riders in Prescott, ballooned over Sedona and savored dozens of other pleasures of the day. Here's what happened to them upon a single perfect day in Arizona.

on a Day IN ARIZONA

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