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Grand Canyon - The World's Great Natural Wonder

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A National Park since 1908 the Grand Canyon is one of the world's greatest natural wonders. It encompasses 2,000 square miles, reaches a mile down and ten miles across. It harbors a multitude of wildlife including mule deer, mountain lions, coyotes, bighorn sheep, wild turkey, blue heron, desert tortoises and the Kaibab squirrel, found nowhere else in the world.

This DVD includes many features. Included are footage of many recreational adventure tours available in the National Park. Get the full story on how the Grand Canyon was formed. A very enjoyable section is classical music presented along with a montage of beautiful images from the park.

The DVD had a few minutes of interesting information, but the rest of it would make it a good sleep aid. It just never really captured the essence of the Grand Canyon, but instead spent a lot of time with boring, stock footage of nature scenes. I wanted to understand the scope and scale of the Grand Canyon; the geology; and the history and impact of it. Unfortunately, this DVD only scraped the surface of that type of information.

Our Vacation Bible School theme this year was Discovery Canyon with an emphasis on the sights, scenes, and critters in the Grand Canyon. I ordered the video as a reference. We showed parts of the video as an intro and then often kept it running (sound off) during other activities. Kids loved the wildlife segments--especially the snake sneaking up on its prey. The part featuring classical music with scenes of the Canyon was particularly grand as kids were gathering--we even showed part of the Roy Rogers movie--black and white--during a snack break. We did quickly turn off the promo that listed one of the movies shot at Grand Canyon as "Gay and Lusty"; the words today give a somewhat different message. The Grand Canyon video is about the best $20 I spent all summer!