{"id":3460,"date":"2014-12-31T11:54:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2014-12-31T11:57:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T16:57:10","slug":"grand-canyon-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2014\/12\/grand-canyon-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Canyon: Stunning Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nothing like it in the world…everybody needs to see the beauty of a Grand Canyon sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am resuming my summer travels writing…although we’re now nearly 6 months departed from this trip. I need need need to get these memories written down so I don’t forget everything.<\/p>\n

I have a couple weeks until my next block of work begins at the Air Force Academy, so I figured I’d use this time to continue catching up. I had arranged my photo albums based on my blog posts, so it’s a little less chaotic than it might have been with a huge clump of photos.<\/p>\n

This post is about the stunning Grand Canyon sunset. There are two things every visitor needs to do: hike down below the rim and see a sunset. The amazing colors in the geology and sky are worth the effort. Take a good camera, you’ll want to have fun with the settings to try to capture the colors.<\/p>\n

Only 5% of visitors go below the rim, but I’m convinced many many many more people attempt to see the sunset. Dave and I chose Mather Point to view the sunset but I can’t remember exactly why. Maybe because there was ample parking at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center (there is!). We arrived about 30 minutes before sunset.<\/p>\n

Apparently everyone else was thinking the same thing:<\/p>\n

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This is how Mather Point looks on any good-weather day at sunset. You have to fight for an unobstructed view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It only got more crowded as sunset approached:<\/p>\n

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So…many…people…who wear fishnet stockings and cutoff jeans with the pockets hanging down (smh.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Between Dave and me, we found several locations where we could take unobstructed photographs. We\u00a0took well over 100 photos of the sunset. Here are some of my favorites:<\/p>\n

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Can you see the two people standing in the very center?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I love the purple hues that appeared later in the sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Google had some fun with the sunset itself, trying to turn it into a time lapse.<\/p>\n

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Can you see the rain shower pass through from left to right? How about the people climbing up and down the ridge towards the left?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If you take a trip to the Grand Canyon, plan for a visit to the rim to see a sunset. The colors are amazing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am resuming my summer travels writing…although we’re now nearly 6 months departed from this trip. I need need need to get these memories written down so I don’t forget everything. I have a couple weeks until my next block of work begins at the Air Force Academy, so I figured I’d use this time … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[522,621,555],"class_list":["post-3460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-grand-canyon","tag-photography","tag-sunset"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t