Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: cliffs

Another view from further down the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US, showing the pink slopes that are seen in some places, dotted with the occasional tree. You can also see a pinnacle above the centre that is red. One of the pinnacles in this canyon had an enormous Osprey nest on the top of it and luckily, when we were there, one of the birds was standing on top of the nest. Taken from Inspiration Point on the North Rim, on 14 September 2012, the 4th day of our week's trip. "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River slices through an ancient hydrothermal basin. The basin developed in rhyolitic lava and ash that flowed into the Yellowstone Caldera about 500,000 years ago. The river carved this spectacular canyon through the hardened lava (rhyolitic rock) and welded ash (tuff). Hot areas and steam vents still exist in the canyon. They allow heat, gases and hot water to escape from the underground Yellowstone Volcano. The canyon is about 20 miles (32 kms) long and parts of the canyon are nearly 1,200 feet (366 m) deep." Taken from a sign at the Canyon. Today in Calgary, it's 1C and has been snowing most of the day.

Problems with uploading today, so am having to add my photos one at a time and hopefully that will work. Another view looking over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US. Taken on 14 September 2012, the fourth day of our week's trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Close to the brink of the Upper Falls?

I was so excited to know that we would be going to Red Rock Canyon in Waterton Lakes National Park on the final day of our week's holiday. I had never been there before, but had seen photos of the beautiful red rocks that can be seen along the edge of the creek. We were also very lucky to see a Black Bear far away on one of the hillsides along the Red Rock Canyon road. Taken on 17 September 2012, on the way back to Calgary after spending seven amazing days with my friends from England, Linda and Tony, visiting Yellowstone, Grand Tetons and Waterton-Glacier. "The rock layers in Waterton are primarily eroded sediments laid down particle by particle at the bottom of an ancient sea which existed 1,500 million years ago. Evidence of this ancient seabed is provided by fossilized ripple marks and salt crystal casts. These rock layers make up the park's geological foundation. The park's unusual red and green rocks are shaly siltstones called argillite. The red rocks contain oxidized iron; the green rocks contain unoxidized iron. Beige/grey/brown rocks are limestone or dolomite. A noticeable black band seen on the face of some park mountains, called the Purcell Sill, is igneous rock." www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/waterton/natcul/natcul1/a.aspx

I took so many photos from different viewpoints around the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and have ended up just grabbing one. Quite breathtaking scenery with dizzying drops! Distant haze from one of the fires in the park (we saw billowing smoke in several places during our few days there, but saw no flames). Really need to go through so many photos from my wonderful week away. "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the first large canyon on the Yellowstone River downstream from Yellowstone Falls in Yellowstone National Park. The canyon is approximately 24 miles long, between 800 feet (244m) and 1,200 feet (366m) deep and between one quarter of a mile (.45 km) and three quarters of a mile (1.2 km) wide." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_of_the_Yellowstone

A view over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Wyoming, US, showing the Lower Falls. There are various viewpoints along the rim, giving dizzying views down into the canyon. It's a long way down! Taken on 14 September 2012 - lots of haze from several forest fires that were burning within the park. (As usual, locations marked on my maps are very approximate, more to remind myself roughly where an image was taken.) "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River slices through an ancient hydrothermal basin. The basin developed in rhyolitic lava and ash that flowed into the Yellowstone Caldera about 500,000 years ago. The river carved this spectacular canyon through the hardened lava (rhyolitic rock) and welded ash (tuff). Hot areas and steam vents still exist in the canyon. They allow heat, gases and hot water to escape from the underground Yellowstone Volcano. The canyon is about 20 miles (32 kms) long and parts of the canyon are nearly 1,200 feet (366 m) deep." Taken from a sign at the Canyon.

"The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut is located beneath the cliffs at Deir el Bahari on the west bank of the Nile near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Designed by the architect Senemut, the mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra." From Wikipedia. This is a scan of a print from a slide, taken in 1967, when we were lucky enough to be able to stop off at several places en route from Qatar to England. Location on my map is approximate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortuary_Temple_of_Hatshepsut

This is one of my favorite places in the Canadian Rockies, though I have only ever been two or three times. This lake is the largest body of water in Banff National Park. Scanned from a print.