The ritver below, as seen from the South Rim on a cold winter's morning, is the Colorado, and the canyon is on of the seven contemporary wonders of the world. The first known passage by Europeans through the Grand Canyon was accomplished by the John Wesley Powell expedition in 1869.
In the mythology of the Navajo people, Canyon de Chelly (pronounced Canyon de Shay) Spider woman is the creator of the world. she took a web she had spun, laced it with dew, threw it into the sky and the dew became the stars. Fiat Lux!
