Testimony of Time
(Also Known as “Duck on a Rock”)
Standing alone late evening as a witness to the Testimony of Time this sheer cliff face, battered, scared stood a casuality to the erosion of time and its environment around it. If we could see over the decades what it had witnessed it certainly would be breathtaking to say the least.
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park — one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.
A map of the Grand Canyon and surrounding areas, circa 1908.Longstanding scientific consensus has been that the canyon was created by the Colorado River over a six million year period. The canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, ranges in width from 4 to 18 miles (6.4 to 29 km) and attains a depth of over a mile (1.83 km) (6000 feet). Nearly two billion years of the Earth’s geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. The “canyon began in the west, followed by another that formed in the east. Eventually, the two broke through and met as a single majestic rent in the earth some six million years ago. The merger apparently occurred where the river today bends to the west, in the area known as the Kaibab Arch.
Photo taken by Canon IXUS


Thankyou to the ‘Rocks and Bones Group” for placing ‘Testimony of Time” as the most Popular photo in the ‘Wake Up” Competition,.........Very honoured and Greatly apprecaited…And congratulations for all who entered for their stunning work:):)
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Paul Louis Vil...
Wow, very beautiful, well captured too! :D
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou Paul:):)
Bellavista2
Thankyou Paul I really wanted to capture the Granduer of this amazing place and give the viewer a feeling of falling over the edge.
blondiegirl
WOW! This is gorgeous!!!
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou Selina:)
fauselr
very nice
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou Fauseir:)
shilohlin
ah yes…......the south rim of the gand canyon…......nothing more majestic than this area!!! well done :)
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou Shilohlin There is nothing more majestic…so true:)
kathy s gillen...
beautiful capture
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou Kathy:):)
Tim Sanders
This is a Fantastic view and shot, Pretty high up I love it….
Tim
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou Tim….I actually had to crawl through bushs and photograph from a ledge to get this shot:):) Pretty high up indeed!
Stephen Vecchi...
Nice Grand Canyon detail shot.
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou Stephen:)
Simon Duckworth
lovely shot and congrats on your win
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou so much Simon:):)
MaeBelle
Awesome, God sure created some wonderful pieces of art for us to enjoy!!and you captured this perfectly..:O)) great depth,God Bless,Mae
Bellavista2 replied
God certainly has one amazing paintbrush! Thankyou so much MaeBelle:):)
Alan Findlater
excellent well done
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou Alan:)
Viv King
Well done= beautiful shot. You must have worked hard to get this one.
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou Viv…...Well I crawled through the bushs to the edge and took the photo, not recommended but I got the shot!:):):)
John Beamish
Breathtaking shot. I could not get that close to the edge, your a brave girl.
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou John I should get a new camera that woudl help:):)
Gino Pavan
Stunning work!!!!
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou very much Gino:):)
Dawne Olson
Really stunning!
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou so much Dawne:-}
barnsis
Beautifully framed image, like the cloud shadows.
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou so much Barnis for your lovely comment, your support is absolutely awesome:-}xoxoxo
Marilyn Baldey
It must be amazing to see and feel this grandure.
Bellavista2 replied
Certainly was…it kind of reminds you how small you are really in the scheme of life…..Hey, I use to live in Toowoomba! Small world:=} Thankyou so much Marilyn for being apart of my little world and for your lovely comment:=}
Tamara Valjean
This is definitely a WOW image, great capture!
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou Tamara for your lovely comment and dropping by to my little corner of the world Greatly apprecaited;=}
ISMAIL ALAOUI ...
what an amazing place and shot
notthing better than drinking lots of fresh water whlie liying on there,
how did you manage to get there
Bellavista2 replied
The scenic lookout to this cliff face was masked by trees, so I crawled through bush to the edge to get a better shot, not recommended, so this is the result;=} Thankyou so much Ismail for your lovely comment and wonderful support:=]
JamieGreen
Just superb….I can hardly breath (vertigo)
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou so much Jamie greatly apprecaite your visit and comment. It certainly was a long way down:=}
LeilaniMelayna
Excellent Capture!!! Cheers to you!
Smiles Leilani :o)
Bellavista2 replied
Oh Hallo again Lelani!:=} So wonderful to see you back thankyou so very much for your return visit and lovely comment, very greatly apprecaited Have an awesome day:=}
rodeorose
Stunning!
Bellavista2 replied
Howdy! Thankyou so much for visiting me in my little corner of the world and for your wonderful comment,very greatly apprecaited:=}
Arla M. Ruggles
Fabulous.
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou so much Arla for dropping on by to check out my Grand Canyon image and for your awesome comment, very greatly apprecaited…also for the Fave….’Wow!” Thankyou so very much:=}
Mika
31st October 2009 – Absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations on your feature and on your placing in MBN!
Bellavista2 replied
Oh Wow! Thankyou so much Mika!:=] Greatly apprecaited and very honoured to have my image apart of your wonderful group:=}
Terence Russell
Wonderful Grand Canyon image! The colors are very different than when we visited this past winter, but the scenes are still recognizable!
Bellavista2 replied
Thankyou so very much Terence for visiting me in my little corner of the world and for your wonderful comment very greatly apprecaited:=} You never forget the Grand Canyon after you have visited it, it kind of places in prespective how small we all are in the scale of life:=}
Ruth Lambert
Isn’t the Grand Canyon the most magnificent,awesome place you’ve ever seen!!!! I was in total AWE of the shear beauty!!! You have captured a portion o fit very well here!! BEAUTIFUL!!!
Bellavista2 replied
I totally agree with you Ruth! It has been such a wonderful privelege to be able to take in such a magnificent place, it certainly places in perpective how small we are in the scale of life:=} Thankyou for your wonderful comment, visit, support…...to my little corner of the world:=}
Vicki Pelham
Congratulations on your feature, lovely shot!!!!! :-)
Bellavista2 replied
Oh thankyou so much! Greatly apprecaite your support and lovely words:=} Greatly apprecaite you being apart of my little corner of the world:=}