As the year winds down, photography starts to get ... reflective. This week we have some end-of-year prizes, crazy clouds in the Grand Canyon and the best bike video we've ever seen.
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Unusual Weather at the Grand Canyon Creates Rare Photo Op
Most people would be disappointed if they showed up to see the Grand Canyon and it was completely filled with clouds. All that driving and nothing to see. Park rangers, however, were thrilled in early December when a total inversion
obscured the entire canyon. Apparently it was a once in a decade kind of weather event so they ran out and snapped photos, which are admittedly fun and unusual.
Photo: A sea of clouds fills the Grand Canyon, seen from Yavapai Point on the South Rim, on December 1, 2013. (National Park Service/Erin Whittaker)