US Grand Canyon turned into winter wonderland thanks to large snowfall

Breathtaking. Picture: Grand Canyon National Park Source: Flickr

NORMALLY a dry and barren place, the Grand Canyon in America was spectacularly covered in snow on New Year’s Day, turning the desert into a snowy wonderland.

While the snow in the canyon was a sight to behold, road closures resulted in many locals and tourists missing out on seeing the spectacle. Luckily, a few managed to snap some great pictures and shared them with others on social media.

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— Bill Rodriguez (@BillRodAZ) January 3, 2015

The Grand Canyon National Park service also managed to take some great photos, of what they referred to as a “winter wonderland”.

Looks more like the Himalayas than the Grand Canyon. Picture: Grand Canyon National Park Source: Flickr

Usually brown and dry, the Grand Canyon was transformed. Picture: Grand Canyon National Park Source: Flickr

Some were lucky enough to see it in person. Picture: Grand Canyon National Park Source: Flickr

The Grand Canyon has been the centre of a few natural spectacles recently, with the canyon last year being filled with stunning thick fog.

Thick fog could trick you into thinking you were looking over cloud. Picture: Grand Canyon National Park Source: Flickr

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A time lapse video shows the bowl of the Grand Canyon filling with clouds, creating a fluffy white blanket across the popular tourist attraction --- the result of a rare meteorological process called cloud inversion. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

• Reuters
• 13 Dec 2014
• News/World

The canyon disappeared below the fog. Picture: Grand Canyon National Park Source: Flickr

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