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Formed by the Colorado River as it carved its way through the desert, the canyon’s awe-inspiring strata reveal two billion years of geological history and offer one of the most dramatic examples of erosion anywhere in the world.
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Photo credit for ALL images: ©MacGillivray Freeman Films
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Image 2
Eons of geological time have made the Grand Canyon what it is today, the most spectacular canyon in the world.
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Wade Davis' mission on the Colorado is to write a book about the history of the river and to re-photograph the same landscapes first photographed by John Wesley in 1873.
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Rivers have served as political borders, economic conduits, sacred religious symbols and passageways to discovery.
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Rafts, dories, and kayaks carried the expedition over 200 miles down the Colorado River from Lee’s Ferry to Diamond Creek.
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Filming from a moving raft in whitewater rapids is a challenge in any situation, but add a 350-pound IMAX® camera to the equation and things get really wild.
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Image 7
Expedition team members show off their stuff as they find every opportunity to play in the river.
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Shana Watahomigie, a river guide and Havasupai tribal member, grew up along the Colorado. She and her people have witnessed many changes to the river over the past 40 years.
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Shana with her daughter Cree at Havasu Falls, located near the Havasu River where the Havasupai still live.
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Image 10
Rivers have served as political borders, economic conduits, sacred religious symbols and passageways to discovery.
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The most beautiful waterfall in the Grand Canyon, stunning Havasu Falls.
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One of the river’s man-made lakes, Lake Powell, is now only half full after years of drought. The white, chalky band above the water indicates where the lake’s waterline used to be.
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Wade Davis explaining to daughter, Tara when the Glen Canyon Dam was completed in 1963, it changed the flow of the Colorado forever.
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Hauling the 350-pound IMAX® camera and gear through such rugged terrain posed one of the greatest challenges, but everybody pitched in to make it happen.
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Special camera mounts were designed so the filmmakers could shoot from moving rafts and steep precipices.
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Image 16
The evening campfire presented a special opportunity for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Wade Davis to share their knowledge with their daughters.
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GCA Key Art
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