CHAPTER 1 STANDING ON THE EDGE Visitors look out over the Grand Canyon Layers of rock stripe the canyon walls The blue sky is bright against the orange and red rock Visitors take pictures They are standing at the edge of the canyon
Plants grow along the riverbanks From where the visitors are standing the bottom of the canyon is very deep below A river flows at the bottom making its way through
Satellites can photograph the Grand Canyon from space the canyon This is just one of many amazing views to take in Layers and Layers The Grand Canyon is massive It is about 1 mile 1.6 km deep The canyon is 277 miles 446 km long At its widest it is 18 miles 29 km across The canyon is so big that people can see it from space
