Skip to main content

Hance Rapids at Red Canyon, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Hance Rapids at Red Canyon, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Grand Canyon at Hance Rapids at the mouth of Red Canyon. The image is inverted; down river should be to the left. The Cardenas basaltic dike is about 1,100 Ma, cross-cutting the Hakatai Shale. (Caption by B. Gootee)

Photographer: Dale Nations 

Photo Date: circa 1980