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=**Room 4B Grand Canyon Wiki**=

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Picture of Grand Canyon from south Rim. The Grand Canyon is a very beautiful and enormous canyon. The cliffs of the canyon are cracked and eroded from the river, rain, snow, and ice. When we visited the Grand Canyon we took a hike about three quarters of a mile down. The hike was very scenic and beautiful, and our guide taught us a lot about erosion, sand stone, fossils, and lime stone. At the end of our hike, we stopped at ooh aah point and viewed the Grand Canyon. The Grand canyon is 1 mile deep and is made up of limestone and sandstone. These stones are eroded easily, so the cliffs of the Grand Canyon are crumbling. The Colorado River carved out the Canyon, Creating an amazing wonder. After years and years the Canyon is slowly being crumbled from rain, wind, snow, and ice. The Grand Canyon used to be the last place unexplored in America, until John Wesley Powell ventured into the Canyon. The Powell expedition was extremely difficult, and took months. But Defying the odds, Powell and his men did it, exploring the last unexplored place in America. Grand Canyon from Desert View

At Desert View the Scenery of the Grand Canyon was amazing. It was extremely beautiful and breathtaking. A view of almost the Canyon. From the viewing site you could see many different amazing landmarks. You could even see the river! At this stop, we only got to stay for a little, but it was a very amazing view. I was astonished by our hieght. Because of only being there for a while, we didnt really learn any thing, but im glad we got to see it. Glen Canyon River Ride On our trip on the Colorado river we passed a lot of cool things. The Glen canyon is about 88ft deep and is very beautiful. In the trip we passed many different things and learned a lot. Like about some of the eroded rocks that have fallen or the v shaped erosion made by waterfalls. During the trip we stopped at the side of the river and went and saw 3000 year old petroglyphs. Also we learned about Powell's expeditions. Not to mention, just riding the boats was awesome, except for being wet and cold. Wupatki National Monument

The Pueblo we visited was very well preserved and I was surprised at how well it was built. The building was thought to be an observatory because of its views of the horizon. The Pueblos were built using the surrounding rock, a very good building material. It rested on a large rack, a good sturdy spot for the pueblo to built on. When we arrived, we walked around the pueblo, it was very cool to see a very old building like that. Then we were even allowed to go inside the pueblo. The inside seemed a little cramped, and I'm not sure how people could have lived there, but it was amazing to be able to look at it from the inside. The natives that lived at Wupatki were very prosperous and traded with people of other counties. They were amazing builders and created a great community. But for an unknown reason they left in a hurry. For us that is a good thing, because they left a lot behind for us to study. I thought that the Wupatki Peublo was really cool and how different we live today from then is amazing. Sunset Crater

The sunset Crater is actually a volcano. The volcano is a cinder Cone. The last Time the volcano erupted was around 1000years ago. Powell thought that the color of the volcano looked liked a sunset and that is how he named it. When we visited Sunset Crater we hiked a little bit and saw the cooled lava flows. The lava flows were very interesting and cool. On our hike we saw some pretty cool things, and the volcano it's self. At the end of our hike we were able to go into a lava flow filled with ice. The ice filled lava flow was like a little cave, and had some ice on the floor winch was very slippery. A lot of people ended up hitting there heads. The way Sunset Crater was formed is by lava rising slowly pushy the ground up until it makes a cone. Around the volcano all the rocks are black because they are volcanic. I thought that the Sunset Crater was a pretty fun part of the trip, and was very interesting.