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Grand Canyon National Park
Virtual Tour
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Your phone provides a fun way to learn more about the Park. Listen to park rangers give 2 minute audio tours at various points of interest on the South Rim.
(From Hermit Road to Yaki Point) Learn more...
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NPS VIEWS - Grand Canyon Discovery
The Grand Canyon truly is a special place. Life abounds within the canyon, in the Colorado River, and even along the rims.
Even humans have inhabited this area for at least the past couple thousand years. Learn more...
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NPS VIEWS - Grand Canyon Geology
Grand Canyon is the result of a distinct and ordered combination of geologic events. Through this virtual experience you will be able to travel into this great chasm and unfold the chapters in Grand Canyon’s geologic history. More...
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Virtual Raft Trip through the Grand Canyon
Travel with the USGS on a Geological Tour down the Grand Canyon starting at Lees Ferry (River Mile 0) and ending at the Lake Mead National Recreational Area. (River Mile 215)
Standard Photograph Version
3-D Anaglyphic Version (You will need red-and-cyan stereo viewing glasses to get the 3-D visual effects)
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Grand Canyon Fly-through Animation
Is an exciting 7 minute video produced by NASA, the National Park Service Views Team and the USGS, takes viewers on a simulated flight across the entire 277 mile (433km) length of the Grand Canyon, where they explore its scenic wonders as their imaginary aircraft dives low over landslides and races through winding canyons.
Viewers experience roller-coaster twists and turns as they fly up above the Colorado River accompanied by a narrated introduction to Grand Canyon Geography. Watch the video...
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Virtual Tour Map of Grand Canyon National Park
The Grand Canyon covers 1.2 million acres, and no two destinations are alike. We invite you to take The Grand Canyon Field Institute's virtual tour and sample the many faces of the world’s most famous chasm!
Virtual Tour Map
2009 Field Institute Class Schedule
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Mapping the Grand Canyon 1923
In the summer of 1923, the USGS organized an expedition to make a new map of the Grand Canyon, which was the last stretch of the Colorado River that had not been accurately surveyed. Up until that time, only 27 men were known to have traversed the length of Marble and Grand canyons and of those, only two had any scientific knowledge (one of those two men was John Wesley Powell, the second director of the USGS, who led the first expedition down the river in 1869).
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Did You Know?
Within the Grand Canyon, the type and abundance of organisms is directly related to the presence or absence of water. The Colorado River and its tributaries, as well as springs, seeps, stock tanks and ephemeral pools provide oases to flora and fauna in this semi-arid southwest desert area.
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Last Updated: March 25, 2009 at 00:18 EST |
