Total cloud inversion looking Desert View from the South Rim December 12, 2014 in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The rare phenomenon is caused when the ground loses heat rapidly at dawn to create a layer of cool, damp air inside the canyon, trapping it beneath the unusually warmer sky above the canyon walls and filling the space with a sea of fog. Park officials said the phenomenon is a once-in-a-decade occurrence.
Total cloud inversion looking Desert View from the South Rim December 12, 2014 in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The rare phenomenon is caused when the ground loses heat rapidly at dawn to create a layer of cool, damp air inside the canyon, trapping it beneath the unusually warmer sky above the canyon walls and filling the space with a sea of fog. Park officials said the phenomenon is a once-in-a-decade occurrence.
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