This is one of many photos I shot at sunrise about 16 months ago. I haven’t shown many here because it was not particularly a well-lit day. The haze you may notice in the canyon itself is actually industrial pollution (smog) which prevented some really good photos and colors on this day.
Nevertheless, it is a good photo as it tells a story. The rock you see leaning in the foreground fell off some long-gone wall of rock many eons ago and was trapped in its current location before it could fall all the way into the canyon. Since then, the wall it fell from has long been eroded a way, but this remnant still exists as it currently rests just below the current day rim.
The background is the magnificent canyon itself, with the top layers being made even more red by the rising sun. Below the red rock, the rest of the canyon still lies in shadow as the sun is just barely up over the horizon.
As I said, this picture illustrates in a tiny microcosm the history of the Grand Canyon. If you ever go, definitely be there for the sunrise.
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