Thursday, November 26, 2009

SkyWatch Friday / Grand Canyon and the Painted Desert



This is a view of the Grand Canyon in the late afternoon from the eastern end...Desert View area. Looking northeast you can get a glimpse of the amazing colors of the Painted Desert. It was an extraordinary day (November 21, 09) of sunshine and cold temperatures...but, beautiful!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

SkyWatch Friday

16 comments:

Jim said...

magnificent scenery
Sydney - City and Suburbs

EJ said...

What a beautiful array of clouds!

The King Sun

eileeninmd said...

Great shot of the Grand Canyon and the pretty blue sky.

Rune said...

Stunnnig photo!

Marka said...

Great colors throughout this photo!

Lorac said...

The sky and the colours are magnificent!

Gaelyn said...

I have never seen a bad sky over the Grand Canyon. You captured this one well and also the Painted Desert in the distance. I'll Bet it's cold there now.

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Great shot. I love the green blue sky fading to almost white on the horizon.

Sylvia K said...

Stunning shot! Such beautiful skies and colors! So much beauty! And you captured it perfectly!

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving, Carolyn! Sorry to be late commenting -- it has been a busy day!

Sylvia

Martha Z said...

Beautiful! I can see this is the perfect time to go, the colors are much sharper than in the summer. Stunning shot.

Unknown said...

absolutely divine!

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

Burnished ancient walls,
freshly painted sky—canyon
country soothes my soul.


My Sky

Joe Todd said...

A Grand photo of the Grand Canyon

Happily Retired Gal said...

Wonderful photo of this beautiful area in the Southwest! The colors are so vivid! Hope you and yours had a lovely Thanksgiving. By the way ... those photos of Molly at Small Reflections were taken at Huntington's Dog Beach. I wonder if we've passed one another and if your dog(s) have played with her? Small world ;-)
Hugs and blessings,

Light and Voices said...

Yes, the Grand Canyon is Grand. (tee hee) All kidding aside your photograph is up to standards to be a lovely postcard in a gift shop. Nice work!
Joyce-Illinois

SandyCarlson said...

The view is spectacular.