Saturday, July 21, 2018

Flying over the Grand Canyon

In April I visited Arizona for the sole purpose of seeing the Grand Canyon, and took a helicopter tour that left me as awe-struck and mesmerized as I have ever been. Tonight I put together a video of some of my footage taken during the flight.  I hope it conveys even a little of the experience.


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  1. CyberKittenJuly 22, 2018 at 5:56 AM

    Wow! Impressive. That's a memory that'll stay with you for a while I guess [grin]. Good choice of accompanying music. Suitably dramatic!!

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  2. StephenJuly 22, 2018 at 8:21 AM

    Thank you! It's called "The Dream of Flight", and it was composed by Christopher Tin for the game Civilization VI. I'm almost certain they used it in-flight, but I don't know how they would have found it. They also used what sounded like the Cosmos music from Vangelis, and the Superman fanfare....it was amazing.

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  3. MudpuddleJuly 22, 2018 at 1:10 PM

    you really do get to see more from a helicopter than from the rim: pretty spectacular! it occurred to me while watching that geologists are just historians with a longer pov... tx for the show...

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    1. StephenJuly 22, 2018 at 10:48 PM

      I was thinking the same thing today while reading a book of "deep history"...reviewing the 5 previous mass extinctions!

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  4. Marian HJuly 22, 2018 at 10:02 PM

    You don't fully feel the scale till it switches to the view with trees... truly incredible!!

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    1. StephenJuly 22, 2018 at 11:10 PM

      Just seeing it is an awe-some experience (with the dash to emphasize "awe"), but being up there...it was REALLY moving. I was in this weird giddy-peaceful mood for a couple of hours after that.

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