Sunday, 25 February 2024 - Up early and hiked to Yaki Point on the Grand Canyon's South Rim before sunrise since the shuttle wasn't running, watched the canyon wake up with beautiful light, enjoyed breakfast at El Tovar Lodge, spent hours working on photographs, then headed out in the afternoon to Mohave Point for dramatic canyon sunset photos.
As the sun rose the moon was setting.
Beautiful orange sunrise to the east.
Nice morning light on the canyon.
The Grand Canyon wakes up with pinks and reds.
It was very cold on the rim of the canyon. I was happy when the sun began to shine on us and the canyon.
It was magical to see the light hit the canyon.
Many layers of rock cliffs in the Grand Canyon.
Nice soft light on the rocks.
Staring to warm up from the 30 degrees we started with in the dark.
A last look at the Grand Canyon from Yaki Point.
We headed to El Tovar, the lodge on the South Rim, for a great breakfast.
After several hours of working on our photographs we headed out for a sunset location. After looking at
several view points we decided on Mohave Point.
Clouds hung over the Grand Canyon but there looked to be an area near the earth where they might let in the sunset.
Even with the cloud cover the Grand Canyon is beautiful. There was a nice sliver of the Colorado River
far below.
The sunset was amazing - just below the clouds.
The clouds were so cool - a black and white version also looks good.
After sunset the light on the cliffs below us was magnificent.
