Grand Canyon Fills with Clouds

A rare temperature inversion in the Southwest makes for some pretty epic nature photographs

| Published Dec 18, 2014 9:44 PM EST

Total cloud inversion near Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Friday, December 12, 2014. NPS Photo by Maci MacPherson.

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Total cloud inversion near Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Friday, December 12, 2014.

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Total cloud inversion near Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Friday, December 12, 2014.

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Total cloud inversion near Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Friday, December 12, 2014.

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Total cloud inversion near Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Friday, December 12, 2014.

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Total cloud inversion near Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Thursday, December 11, 2014.

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Total cloud inversion near Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Thursday, December11, 2014.

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Total cloud inversion near Desert View, Grand Canyon National Park, Thursday, December 11, 2014.

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Total cloud inversion looking down on the South Kaibab Trail on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, December 11, 2014.