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View east and upriver toward Unkar Group of rocks, Cardenas Basalt sill (black), Bass Formation (light gray), Hakatai Shale (red), unconformably below overlying Cambrian Tapeats Sandstone, from south side of river mile 134.8.
View southeast toward lower Supai village area of the Havasupai Reservation, from rim of Esplanade Sandstone, just south of Navajo Falls. Pliocene alluvial valley floor, Watahomigi Formation (lower slope), Manakacha Formation (large cliff), Wescogame Formation (upper slope and ledges), and Esplanade Sandstone cliff (forms inner canyon plateau).
Aerial view west across Spencer Canyon toward Quaternary travertine dam in Meriwhitica Canyon (large gray cliff at canyon floor, middle part of photograph). Precambrian granite at Spencer Canyon bottom, Redwall Limestone at canyon rims.
View west toward east wall of Grand Canyon of contacts between Redwall Limestone (upper half of cliff), dark-gray Temple Butte Formation cliff, Cambrian unclassified dolomites, and Muav Limestone from river mile 266.0.
Aerial view north into Surprise Canyon, about 3 miles northeast of river mile 248.8. Muav Limestone (canyon bottom), Redwall Limestone (large gray cliff), Supai Group strata (reddish cliffs and slopes, upper right skyline), Permian strata (distant canyon rims), and Pliocene volcano of Mount Dellenbaugh (distant skyline).
View south and downriver toward Coconino Sandstone (black layer at river level), overlain by cliff of Brady Canyon Member of Toroweap Formation on west side of river mile 4.7.
View northeast toward southwest side of Twin Butte, landslide-covered Triassic Moenkopi Formation capped by Pliocene basalt.
Aerial view northwest toward Surprise Canyon Formation (dark red) in channel eroded into Redwall Limestone, west wall of Two Hundred and Seventeenmile Canyon.
Aerial view northeast toward Temple Butte Formation, upper slope, middle cliff, and upper half of lower slope below cliff of Redwall Limestone (top left of photograph), three quarters of a mile west of river mile 216.5.
Aerial view northwest toward Lizard Dike (basalt) cutting through Solomon Temple Member (lower red), Comanche Point Member (red and white), and Ochoa Point Member (upper red) of Dox Formation below Cardenas Basalt (black) of Unkar Group, and east-dipping Nankoweap Formation (purple ledges) from above river mile 71.7. Great Unconformity at base of brown horizontal Cambrian Tapeats Sandstone cliff.
Aerial view northeast and upriver toward Little Colorado River delta (right) and Colorado River (left) confluence from west of river mile 62.0.
View west and downriver from river mile 45.0 toward Triple Alcoves, a cave in lower part of Redwall Limestone (below white salt stain), Marble Canyon.
View north toward two Devonian channels filled with Temple Butte Formation (left and right center of photograph), north wall of Saddle Canyon, just west of river mile 47.4.
Aerial view northwest toward Vesta Temple in foreground and Diana Temple in background, south rim of Grand Canyon, about 3 miles west of river mile 97.0. Pennsylvanian strata below red cliff (bottom of photograph), Permian strata from red Esplanade Sandstone cliff to rim. Hermit Formation (red slope below white cliff), Coconino Sandstone (white cliff), Toroweap Formation (slope, white ledge, slope), and Kaibab Formation (top cliff of Vesta and Diana Temple).
View west from Clear Creek Trail toward outcrop of Paleoproterozoic Zoroaster Granite, about 1 mile west of Clear Creek and a half mile north of river mile 85.5. Granite outcrop formed a small island during deposition of Cambrian Tapeats Sandstone, which lapped onto the north side of the island (foreground, right side of photograph).
View north from south side of Little Colorado River toward confluence with Colorado River near river mile 61.8. Tapeats Sandstone at river level.
View west and downriver at Tapeats Sandstone in Conquistador Aisle from Blacktail Canyon, river mile 120.8.
View of contorted bedding within gypsum and siltstone of Shnabkaib Member of Moenkopi Formation, just east of Sevier Fault, Pipe Spring National Monument, northern Arizona.
Aerial view west toward Surprise Canyon Formation in channel on top of Redwall Limestone, southwest of Fern Glen Canyon, northwest of river mile 169.0.
View northwest toward Surprise Canyon Formation (dark red) on west side of Prospect Canyon, just south of river mile 179.7.
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