Aerial View at Navajo Bridge

LEFT: An aerial view of the downward cutting river and the upward rising Colorado Plateau north of Grand Canyon National Park at Navajo Bridge on U.S. Alt. 89.

BELOW: This photograph from Skylab I, taken in early June 1973 from an orbital altitude of 270 statute miles, records an area 92 statute miles on a side (8450 square miles). The photo covers an area from the Grand Canyon National Park at the bottom edge up to the junction of the Colorado and San Juan Rivers at the top edge. On the right is a vast area of the Painted Desert. The dark feature in the upper right corner is Navajo Mountain (elevation 10,348 feet). The large dark wedge in the lower center (partially cloud covered) is the forested Kaibab Plateau and National Forest. About 1/4 inch from the lower end of Lake Powell is the Glen Canyon Dam. The Itek Aerial Camera used on Skylab was designed and produced by Itek Corporation Optical Systems Division, Lexington, Mass. Six lenses are used to photograph six channels of the color spectrum simultaneously. This photograph on Kodak film represents optimum color resolution. Film size 214 x 214. Focal length 6 inches.