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DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW

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Poets, painters and photographers have been trying to capture the Grand Canyon for hundreds of years. It's not easy. "If you go to the temple," Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Jack Dykinga says, "you'd better do something different. And better. Otherwise, stay home." When we started digging through Rich Rudow's collection, we definitely saw something different. A Portfolio by Rich Rudow

Featured in the January 2025 Issue of Arizona Highways

A dusting of snow covers the upper reaches of the Grand Canyon in a view from Toroweap Overlook, accessible via a long, rough dirt road on the North Rim. Downstream from Toroweap is Lava Falls Rapid, one of the Colorado River's most famous and forebidding rapids.
A dusting of snow covers the upper reaches of the Grand Canyon in a view from Toroweap Overlook, accessible via a long, rough dirt road on the North Rim. Downstream from Toroweap is Lava Falls Rapid, one of the Colorado River's most famous and forebidding rapids.
BY: RICH RUDOW

The Colorado River flows through Granite Gorge, a rugged section of the Canyon, at sunset in a view from the north side of the river. Granite Gorge is known for its exposed sections of the Canyon's oldest rock layers, some of which formed about 1.8 billion years ago.

At sunrise, monsoon storm clouds linger over the Canyon, as seen from the South Rim's Lipan Point. Visible in the distance is the Unkar Delta, a large patch of sandy soil at a bend in the river; more than 50 Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites are found there.

A long exposure in twilight lends an eerie vibe to a rocky section of Marble Canyon, the upstream section of Grand Canyon National Park. This spot is just upstream from Tanner Wash and Sheer Wall Rapid, at Mile 14 of the Colorado's 277-mile journey through the Canyon.

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