The butte sits on a pale, brush-dotted slope, with a darker ridge running across the right side of the frame.
1970 · Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States
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The opening framing: a rim pine on the left, a flat-topped butte behind it and red cliff bands below, Grand Canyon North Rim, circa 1970 — Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1970
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- 1970
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- Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States
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- Still 1 · 0.27s into the source clip
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Young pine framing a flat-topped butte and banded red cliffs at the Grand Canyon North Rim, Arizona, circa 1970.
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Through the gap between the butte and the ridge, a hazy plain fades into a pale sky.
1970 · Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States
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The closing frame holds the same composition, with the layered red walls filling the lower right.
1970 · Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States
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Grand Canyon Arizona-1970: Flat-Topped Butte and Red Canyon Walls Framed by a Young Pine
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1970s collection.
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No vehicles, clothing or signs appear in the shot; the era rests on the reel's other signs and on the soft, slightly faded colour of the film.
Film character
Soft focus, visible grain, a few dust specks and darkened corners give the shot the texture of projected small-gauge film, with reds and greens still well separated.
Historical context
The shot is part of a private road trip through Arizona and Utah parks, and shows the kind of rim view that visitors of the period recorded on home-movie film.
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No people, logos or private property are visible; the exact viewpoint is not identified, and copyright in the film is a separate matter from any likeness or property questions.
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