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Guano Point: Photos and Video (PART1)

 

The Grand Canyon West: Guano Point, Mohave County.

In this set of photos and video, we are about a mile or tw out from Hualapai Ranch ( timeout.watchprosite.com ) at Guano Point, Grand Canyon West.  As the sun slowly sets the rocks change in color.  What starts off as light brown and greys turn into beautiful shades of red:



From here we end our day with this stunning sunset:


***For optimal viewing click on 'Setttings' and select 1080p for High Definition playback***



Not sure if this sign was a trick, you really can't walk down to the bottom of the canyon to the Colorado River.  Accessibility is only by helicopter!



Some Panorama Shots:

Looking out east of the Canyon, this is what it looks like at 4:30pm...

and as the sun starts setting, the colors begin to change.  The Canyon at 6:45pm...

The hike around Guano Point is pretty mild.  The outer edge is a pathway but you must take caution, there aren't any guardrails to prevent you from going over the edge!  From where I shot my pictures, it's a long long way down!

I found this building interesting and posted about a few days ago, it's right up to the edge of the cliff!



So why is place called Guano Point?  Well way back when, this area was a hotspot to collect guano aka bat droppings!  Guano is nitrogen rich so it acts as a natural fertilizer




When the bat cave mine was discovered in 1936, experts at the time estimated that there was a huge deposit of guano.  For 2 years, a mining company built this elaborate cable setup (seeen below) to extract all the guano.  Unfortunately it yielded significantly less than what they thought was there and in 1960 it was shut down.




You can walk inside the building and look over the edge!




Below is the Colorado River:








The sun starting to come down over the horizon:




-MW

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