Carved by the Colorado River, nearly 2 billion years of Earth"s history are exposed in the layers of the Grand Canyon. While geologists continue to debate parts of the formation story of the canyon, recent studies suggest the river carved its path through the region about 5 to 6 million years ago. Since then, the river has been deepening and widening the canyon while sculpting its dramatic geographic features.
Zoroaster Temple, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Today in History
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Corfe gets creepy
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International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Bellissima!
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Nursing the world to health
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National Blueberry Day
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Hello, spring!
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National Find a Rainbow Day
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Black-naped monarch
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Icelandic horses, Iceland
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Christmas Bird Count
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Feature Attraction: 85 years at the drive-in
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A bite of ancient history
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A whale of a picture
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The roots of invention
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Land of the midnight sun
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Collared aracari in Costa Rica
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I see one!
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Too awesome to be a planet
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