Colorado River overlooking Badger Creek rapids, viewed from a point above the left bank just north of Jackass Creek. Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona. 1952.
Dates
Date Taken
1952-06-19
Summary
Album caption and index card: View of the Colorado River overlooking Badger Creek rapids from a point above the left bank just north of Jackass Creek, 12.6 kilometers below Lees Ferry. Slopewash blankets the Hermit Shale Formation at river level here. The cliffs visible above consist of the Lower Permian Coconino Sandstone and overlying Toroweap Formations. At the time of this photograph, the discharge for the day at Lees Ferry was 2,799 m3/s. Note the large shrub surrounded by water just off the right bank. This shrub persists in the 1972 photograph (photo trm00021). (Altitude is 939 meters). Grand Canyon National Park. Coconino County, Arizona. June 19, 1952. (Photo by R.S. Leding, National Park Service). (Several small dark spots [...]
Summary
Album caption and index card: View of the Colorado River overlooking Badger Creek rapids from a point above the left bank just north of Jackass Creek, 12.6 kilometers below Lees Ferry. Slopewash blankets the Hermit Shale Formation at river level here. The cliffs visible above consist of the Lower Permian Coconino Sandstone and overlying Toroweap Formations. At the time of this photograph, the discharge for the day at Lees Ferry was 2,799 m3/s. Note the large shrub surrounded by water just off the right bank. This shrub persists in the 1972 photograph (photo trm00021). (Altitude is 939 meters). Grand Canyon National Park. Coconino County, Arizona. June 19, 1952. (Photo by R.S. Leding, National Park Service). (Several small dark spots on the right edge).
Published as Figure 36A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 1132. 1980.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Library Photographic Collection, Turner, R.M. Collection.
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