Photos from the 2023 Rafting the Grand Canyon Photography Expedition
This small waterfall in a slot canyon disappeared for many years after a flash flood filled the lower part of the canyon with rocks. Years later, the powerful waters of another flash flood cleared the rocks away, and this waterfall returned. Reaching this waterfall requires you to wade and sometimes swim in cold water below a large chockstone. On the day that I made this photo, the water was nearly up to my neck.
Located some distance up the narrows of Clear Creek in the Grand Canyon is a beautiful waterfall with two cascades. Over time, the water has carved a sweeping channel in the rock that causes it to shoot out sideways.
The full moon sets behind the cliffs of the Grand Canyon. From Granite Camp at river mile 94 in the Grand Canyon.
A trickle of water gently cascades down a pouroff into the reflecting pool in North Canyon, deep inside Grand Canyon National Park.
I have wanted to photograph this location for several years, but when the Colorado River is running at normal to high water levels, it is inaccessible. In 2023, I was on an 18-day river trip during which the water in the river was running very low, making it possible to access. Sunlight was piercing through a narrow gap in the canyon walls, falling upon a still pool of water upon which the canyon walls reflected.
The distant rim of the canyon glows in the late evening light. From 'Above Three Springs Camp' in the Grand Canyon.
Located at a large bend in the Colorado River within Marble Canyon, a massive natural amphitheater has been carved into a towering limestone wall. In August of 1869, Major John Wesley Powell and the men of his expedition camped here. In his journal, Powell, who was prone to exageration, estimated that 50,000 people could comfortably fit into the cavern, and while this may be a bit of an exageration, it illustrates how massive the cavern actually is. Redwall Cavern is located at river mile 33 in Grand Canyon National Park.
Located some distance up the narrows of Clear Creek in the Grand Canyon is a beautiful waterfall with two cascades. Over time, the water has carved a sweeping channel in the rock that causes it to shoot out sideways.