Breathtaking views of Grand Canyon: Mather Point. Desert View and more

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Pima Point, February 18, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon, Feb. 19, 2016, near the Desert View Watchtower,.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Hopi Point, February 17, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

The sun spotlights the Grand Canyon on Feb. 17, 2016, near the El Tovar Hotel on the South Rim.

Tourist stands on an outcrop on Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View of Powell Point from Hopi Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Crow at Hopi Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Crow, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Hopi Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Hopi Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Two bright flood lights have been turned off near the Historic Kolb Studio on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

El Tovar Hotel, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

A bright flood light illuminates the Historic Buckey O’Neill Cabin on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015. This flood light can be seen by hikers at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. (Eds Note: The smaller light above the flood lamp is the moon.)

21-second time-exposure of the lights from El Tovar Hotel (top-left) and the Historic Village on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Many people see the Grand Canyon from the rim, but Marine veteran Hank Detering and 23 wounded vets are going to see it via the Colorado River. Organizers booked the trip with Arizona Raft Adventures. They got underway last week and will finish Sunday. Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

The Grand Canyon wants to change the way backcountry areas are managed. View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Though the Grand Canyon is an amazing, majestic wonder of the world, unless you hike, a visit there might seem a bit uneventful, one Arizona transplant opines. View from Powell Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Pima Point, February 18, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Two flood lights have been turned off above the Historic Kolb Studio on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 26, 2015.

Hopi Point, February 17, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon, February 19, 2016, near the Desert View Watchtower, Arizona.

The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon, February 19, 2016, near the Desert View Watchtower, Arizona.

The Desert View Watchtower from Navajo Point, February 19, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Navajo Point, February 19, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon, February 19, 2016, near the Desert View Watchtower, Arizona.

The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon, February 19, 2016, near the Desert View Watchtower, Arizona.

The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon, February 19, 2016, near the Desert View Watchtower, Arizona.

The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon, February 19, 2016, near the Desert View Watchtower, Arizona.

Desert View Watchtower, February 19, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon, February 19, 2016, near the Desert View Watchtower, Arizona.

Lars Hartmann (right) and Sven Setzer photograph sunset from Pima Point, February 18, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Pima Point, February 18, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Wrangler Ed Leos leads an overnight mule ride down the Bright Angel trail, February 18, 2016, to Phantom Ranch in the Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Wrangler Ed Leos gets ready for an overnight ride to Phantom Ranch, February 18, 2016, in the mule barn at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Mather Point, February 17, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Desert View Watchtower, February 19, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Sunset from the Desert View Watchtower, February 19, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon, February 19, 2016, near the Desert View Watchtower, Arizona.

The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon, February 19, 2016, near the Desert View Watchtower, Arizona.

The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon, February 19, 2016, near the Desert View Watchtower, Arizona.

Desert View Watchtower, February 19, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

Desert View Watchtower, February 19, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

A crow near Moran Point, February 19, 2016, Grand Canyon, Arizona.

The Colorado River winds through the Grand Canyon, February 19, 2016, near the Desert View Watchtower, Arizona.

Clouds form over the Grand Canyon on Feb. 17, 2016, near the El Tovar Hotel on the South Rim.

The Colorado River flows at Navajo Point on Feb. 19, 2016.

Clouds wisp over the Grand Canyon's Hopi Point on Feb. 17, 2016.

Sunset from Desert View at the eastern edge of Grand Canyon National Park.

The Grand Canyon is Arizona's ultimate hooky hole.

The first switchbacks of the South Kaibab Trail hug the cliffs before breaking out into the canyon.

The trail levels off for a few hundred yards as it approaches Skeleton Point.

Late afternoon light across the canyon from the South Kaibab.

Hikers skirt the edge of O'Neill Butte just beyond Cedar Ridge.

At 0.9 miles in, the South Kaibab reaches Ooh Aah Point, exposing views up and down the canyon.

The view from the canyon rim before starting down the South Kaibab Trail.

A narrow footpath heads west from Skeleton Point and provides a first glimpse of the river, still 2,700 feet below.

Skeleton Point is 3 miles down the South Kaibab Trail. Dayhikers should go no farther.

Gazing across the Tonto Platform from the western edge of Skeleton Point.

The South Kaibab Trail was originally built as an alternative route to Bright Angel Trail, which was being operated as a toll road.

Views along the South Kaibab Trail.

Unlike other canyon trails, the South Kaibab follows a ridgeline down into the canyon, offering spectacular views.