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We took a vacation to the Grand Canyon in 2011, visiting both the South Rim and the North Rim. We were there during thunder storm season, and went well over a week without having a day without rain. While this wasn't ideal for hiking, it did provide the opportunities for some fantastic photography.
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NW view into the canyon over the Isis Temple with a lighting bolt from a thunder storm on the far rim. (9/10/2011, Yavapai Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
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NW view into the canyon over the Isis Temple with a lighting bolt from a thunder storm on the far rim. (9/10/2011, Yavapai Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon)

NW view into the canyon over the Isis Temple with a lighting bolt from a thunder storm on the far rim. 9102011Yavapai PointSouth RimGrand CanyonGrand Canyon AZSeptember 102011NW view into the canyon over the Isis Temple with a lighting bol

  • Sun rays coming through the clouds into the smoky canyon near sunset. (9/5/2011, Lipan Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • Late sun streams through the hazy canyon, as the inner canyon peaks fade into the haze. This is a westerly view from Moran Point. (9/11/2011, Moran Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park)
  • Northerly view of late sun rays hitting some rock outcroppings in a smoky canyon, with the Colorado River snaking its way through the bottom. (9/5/2011, Lipan Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • Westerly view of sun rays through the clouds a little before sunset. (9/10/2011, east of Yavapai Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • View down on people at the Trailview Overlook, with Bright Angel Canyon in the background, and the Bright Angel Trail visible in the foreground canyon on the right. (9/9/2011, Rim Trail: SE of the Trailview Overlook, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • Late sun on backlit green trees on a white rock outcropping, with the shaded canyon in the background. (9/7/2011, South Kaibab Trail, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • A raven sitting on a branch (outside the snack bar). (9/8/2011, Hermits Rest, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • California Condor with tag #33 (Bird 133, female, born 5/22/96) soaring against deep blue sky with the top of the red-yellow cliff face below. (9/7/2011, South Kaibab Trail, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • A portion of a rainbow is seen over the canyon a bit to the north of The Watchtower. (9/12/2011, turnout east of Yaki Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • Moran Point has been good to me. I've seen very few double rainbows in my life. One of them was on my first trip to the Grand Canyon in 2000 following a thunder storm. On my second trip in 2011, I was treated to this spectacular double rainbow, again at Moran Point. (9/11/2011, Moran Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park)
  • Moran Point has been good to me. I've seen very few double rainbows in my life. One of them was on my first trip to the Grand Canyon in 2000 following a thunder storm. On my second trip in 2011, I was treated to this spectacular double rainbow, again at Moran Point. (9/11/2011, Moran Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park)
  • A sunlit thunder storm dumps rain on the far canyon walls, with the foreground plateau, trees, and canyon in shade. Seen looking generally east from a plateau a little east of Marble View Point. (9/16/2011, east of Marble View Point, North Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • Westerly view into the canyon under mostly cloudy skies with a thunder storm in the distance including a lightning bolt. (9/10/2011, Yaki Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • NW view into the canyon over the Isis Temple with a lighting bolt from a thunder storm on the far rim. (9/10/2011, Yavapai Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • Late sun on tree snag with sunlight hitting the canyon walls behind. The Desert View tower is visible on the right. (9/5/2011, Lipan Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • The last rays of sun hit the red cliffs leading between Cape Royal (view point at upper left) to Wotans Throne (not visible behind the tree on the right), with sunlit clouds under blue sky in the background. (9/15/2011, Cliff Springs Trail, North Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • Yellow-orange sunset colors in wispy clouds over the canyon rim, with a pink cloud just above the rim. (9/6/2011, The Rim Trail, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • Red sun setting over a backlit horizon with some backlit trees in front of it and a vulture soaring in the sky. (9/7/2011, South Kaibab Trail, South Rim, Grand Canyon)
  • An orange glow in the sky hits a few scattered clouds after the sun dropped below the canyon rim. (9/19/2011, Cape Royal, North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park)
  • I don't know that I have ever seen a phenomenon quite like this before. We had an orange sunset, but apparently<br /> some clouds were positioned just right to block the orange in a particular place, creating a "V" where the orange<br /> was missing. (9/18/2011, parking area for Cape Royal, North Rim, Grand Canyon)
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