Archive All Issues August 2012

THE CANYON, BY GEORGE

The Grand Canyon is one of the few things on Earth that can be seen from outer space. It’s breathtaking from any viewpoint, but the best perspective is from the rim — in person, with your own two eyes. Short of that, there are photographs, thousands of which have been published in this magazine over the past 87 years. It’s an impressive collection that gets even better with this month’s portfolio.

Featured in the August 2012 Issue of Arizona Highways

BY: George Stocking (A Portfolio)

A sunrise storm overtakes Wotan’s Throne, visible from Cape Royal on the Canyon’s North Rim.

Parting monsoon clouds reveal the Colorado River, shrouded in haze.

The Canyon’s layers are illuminated by the soft light of sunrise in this photograph, made from Pima Point, on the South Rim.

Pallid light filters through breaking clouds over a section of the Grand Canyon known as the Palisades.

Rain from a summer monsoon pours into the Canyon.

First light over Powell Point kisses the Grand Canyon’s distinctive ridges.

A rainbow slices gray-blue skies over the Canyon’s South Rim.

The sun sets over Desert View Watchtower on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, causing the sky to explode in shades of pink and purple.

A sunset monsoon paints the east end of the Grand Canyon — as seen from the South Rim’s Navajo Point — in amber light.