也许,大峡谷最引人注目的风貌特色是“红墙”石灰石悬崖,它耸立在裂口半当中,几乎是垂直的。它的平均高度为550 英尺--几乎和华盛顿纪念碑一样高。虽然它实际上是灰蓝色的石灰石,但是从岩石里渗出的铁盐却把悬崖表面染上了晚霞般的色彩。在“红墙”的上方,是红色的沙岩和1 000 英尺厚的页岩交替 层,然后是浅蓝色的沙岩层,最上层是淡黄色的石灰石。
Though the two rims face each other across only 12 miles, it is a journey of 214 miles by car from one to the other. Nor can you visit the North Rim except in summer; some 1,200 feet higher than the South Rim, it is snow covered much of the year except in July and August.
尽管南北两缘面对面相隔只有12英里,可是坐车从一边到另一边的距离却是214英里。北缘只能在夏天参观;它比南缘高出1 200英尺左右;除了7、8月外,其它大部分时间都为冰雪覆盖。
But there is no day that you may not visit the South Rim and find the sun warm on your face and the air perfumed with the incense of smoke from an Indian hearth. The Grand Canyon is an unearthly sight. No wonder an American writer and journalist said, “I came here an atheist, and departed a devout believer.”
然而南缘任何时候都欢迎人们的来访。在那里温暖的阳光照在人们的脸上;空气中弥漫着印第安香炉中散发出的烟香气。大峡谷是一道超凡脱俗的风景。难怪一位美国作家兼记者说:“我来这里时还是个无神论者,离开时却是个虔诚的信徒了。”
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