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Canyon Floor At Phantom:
The national park is noted for its scenic beauty and abundant wildlife. More than 200 species of birds, resident and migratory, 60 species of mammals, and 15 species of reptiles and amphibians have been reported. Between the canyon Floor at Phantom Ranch and the San Francisco Peaks, 60 miles (96 km) southeast and 11,400 feet (3,475 meters) higher, are found the same differences in plant life that occur between subtropical and Arctic latitudes.Much of the Grand Canyon area, not only the canyon itself but also numerous tributary valleys —a few to the south and many to the north-is under the control of the federal government. This area includes Grand Canyon National Park and Grand Canyon National Monument. The canyon is one of the scenic wonders of the world. The view from points along the north or south rim or from the base of the canyon never appears exactly the same. Each hour of the day brings fascinating shifts of light and shadow. Within the canyon's vast gulf, erosion has created a multiplicity of colored rock buttes and Einnacles, especially north of the Colorado River ed. Some are named for ancient gods and heroes: Diana Temple and Wotan's Throne.
Some of O'SulIivan's finest photographs were made on the Survey's 1873 exploration of the area now known as the Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona. The awe-inspiring scale of the Canyon is wonderfully sensed. One view was taken by brilliant, raking sunlight, which picks out every stratum of the Canyon wall. Two tiny figures pose on the famous White House ruins "in a niche 50 feet from the present Canon bed," as the caption reads. Two other explorers stand among the lower ruins; one holds the rope by which the cliff was scaled.
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