Last Friday, the Grand Canyon treated visitors to an amazing, out of the ordinary view. Thanks to a rare weather phenomenon, the entire canyon was engulfed with thick, cloudlike fog.
This rare occurrence, called ‘temperature inversion’, happens when hot air traps cooler air near the earth’s surface—causing fog to form and fill the canyon.
According to Erin Whittaker, a park ranger, he said that inversions usually happen “once or twice a year”, and it was “extremely rare” (once per decade) for it to envelop the entire canyon.
“Rangers wait for years to see it,” wrote Whittaker on the Grand Canyon National Park’s Facebook page. “Word spread like wildfire and most ran to the rim to photography it. What a fantastic treat for all!”
Check out the amazing photos of the Grand Canyon below:
[via Daily Mail, images via Grand Canyon National Park’s Facebook page]