The Grand Canyon is one of the greatest spectacles on the face of the earth. At some points it appears like a magic city of rock, with temples, towers, and castles of dazzling colors.

One of the most amazing things about it is that the Grand Canyon was made by a river! The waters of the Colorado River cut out this great gorge in the course of thousands of years. When you consider that it was cut out of solid rock in many places, you begin to appreciate the tremendous force of these waters. Even now, year by year, the rushing Colorado continues to cut deeper into the bottom of the gorge.