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| Day 5 Learning about the great unconformity from geologist Steve
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| Day 5 A not-very-good picture of the great unconformity. The rocks at the bottom are about 1.2 billion years older than the rocks immediately above them. The intermediate rocks were lost due to the normal geological processes of folding and errosion, but 'young earth creationists' cannont explain the gap through their belief that the Grand Canyon was laid down during Noah's Flood as described in the Bible.
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| Day 5 A big-horn sheep on the bank. We saw several of these animals along the way.
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| Day 5 Getting ready to put in for lunch
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| Day 5 While the crew set up lunch, we explored a nearby waterfall. Again, the water was very warm!
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| Day 5 The crew make lunch for us
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| Day 5 Upstream rapids
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| Day 5 In the early afternoon we stopped at this amazing waterfall
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| Day 5 It was like being in a hurricane near the base because the water was pulling down so much air with it!
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| Day 5 The group starting a hike up to the top of the waterfall
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| Day 6 The day starts with calm water
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| Day 6 This cliff has a real orange glow from light reflected from the red cliff on the opposite bank
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| Day 6 The canyon is pretty narrow here
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| Day 6 The raft ties up to the bank in the middle of a rapids so we can explore Havasu Creek.
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| Day 6 Havasu Creek
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| Day 6 Havasu Creek, like the Little Colorado River, is blue and milky from calcium carbonate silt. The water is also pretty warm!
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