Grand Canyon

Wikipedia Commons Image

 

International Space Station 180 mm Photograph

Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)

 GRAND CANYON  36.1N, 112.1W

OOLITIC BEACH          COVE BEACH

   

WEST RIM VISITOR CENTER

   

The link is to the National Park's website on the Grand Canyon.

 

 

 

OOLITIC BEACH

ZERO MAGNIFICATION IMAGE

REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM

1X MAGNIFICATION (BLACK LINE   = 1MM)

3X MAGNIFICATION (BLACK LINE   = 1MM)

COVE BEACH

 

ZERO MAGNIFICATION IMAGE

REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM

1X MAGNIFICATION (BLACK LINE   = 1MM)

3X MAGNIFICATION (BLACK LINE   = 1MM)

 

WEST RIM VISITOR CENTER

ZERO MAGNIFICATION IMAGE

REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM

1X* MAGNIFICATION (YELLOW  LINE   = 2 MM)

3X* MAGNIFICATION (YELLOW LINE   = 1MM)

 

Note: I really have my doubts about this sample coming from the bottom of the Canyon, but it gave me the chance to create the page. I don't know, nor could I find, if oolitic sand is found in the Canyon. The closest location to the Canyon is Bridger Bay Beach on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake. The two samples are almost identical.

 The sample from Cove Beach was collected by a student from the Sandy Spring Friends Middle School, in Sandy Spring, Maryland. Click here to view all Sandy Spring samples.

The sample from the West Rim was collected by a faculty member of the Scituate High School, Scituate, Massachusetts.

Return to Arizona  Sand to view high resolution versions of all Arizona sand samples. Click on the thumbnails above to view high resolution versions of these images.

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