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English: Image taken in April 2004 by Daniel Mayer.

(left-to-right)-Kaibab Plateau, Bright Angel Canyon, (smaller)-Walhalla Plateau

(some visible geologic units)-(top, white, to the reds above the shale)
View from South Rim Trail near the Bright Angel Trail Trailhead and Grand Canyon Village
en:Kaibab Limestone-white
Toroweap Formation (dark, thinner)
en:Coconino Sandstone-white
Hermit Shale (dark unit)
en:Supai Group-beginning of reds
Redwall Limestone-red-(a smaller regional unit/level-(not visible), is the Temple Butte Limestone)
Muav Limestone-whitish-(buff)
Bright Angel Shale-greenish (darker)
the reds near the lower section/outlet of Bright Angel Canyon, below the limestone & shale, is the (reddish) Tapeats Sandstone-(a resistant layer, forming the shelf for the two layers above it, limestone & shale

(view at photo left) Johnson Point, overlooking Phantom Creek, the west tributary into Bright Angel Canyon/Creek. At west of Johnson Point, the Buddha Cloister (the canyon, easily visible). South of Phantom Creek, and upraised, upside-to-the-west normal fault, is a block of layered rocks laid on top of Shinumo Quartzite, of the Unkar Group (overlooking the Granite Gorge, upon Vishnu Group (Vishnu Schist). The block, "Unkar Group Horst", contains the 4-lowest units of the 6-member group, (lowest member laid upon Vishnu Schist).
Date 16 May 2004 (original upload date)
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