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The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
A Transcript of the Video by Susan Chin

The majority of this video showed scenic images of the canyon area with no conversation.

Visitors amble around the Lookout Point lookout while their tour guide provides some information.

Guide: "There is a good osprey population. We also have peregrine falcons, violet-green swallows, and tree swallows in this area. There is greater bird activity in the summer."

After a comment by a visitor,

Guide: "It’s glacial water that helped carve the canyon."

Visitor: "Yes, I know. The Colorado River is continually carving out the Grand Canyon. Geologically the Grand Canyon is much older (than the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone)."

At the lookout over the Upper Falls (near the Uncle Tom’s Trailhead), a visitor swings his arm across the sky, pointing,

Visitor: "There goes one." (presumably pointing at a bird)


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Last Updated: Saturday, 05-Mar-2005 21:47:23 Eastern Standard Time
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