Out in the dry state of Arizona, arguably the most impressive of the seven wonders of the world can be seen. This episode of Traveltalks focuses on the Grand Canyon, the nearby Colorado River, and a few other things in the vicinity. Fitzpatrick starts in north-central arizona in what is known as the Painted Desert, which is a stretch of plateaus and mesas formed over millions of years via the process of erosion. Surprisingly, back in those times this area was essentially a jungle inhabited by dinosaurs, which is a far cry from how it now looks. We then look at the San Francisco peaks. Rising 13 thousand feet above sea level, they're the highest mountains in arizona, and their melting snow descends into valleys below where cows and other animals eat. Finally, the moment we've all been waiting for comes into view. At over 50 miles in length, the Grand Canyon is unlike anything else on planet Earth. It is guessed that Spanish explorers in search of treasure were the first to come across this great wonder, but Native Americans say the world's first humans came from the underworld via the canyon. Fitzpatrick then drives along the road that encircles the rim of the canyon so we can see it from a different angle. The sheer scale of the formation is clear as day as some sections of it are as wide as 18 miles. Due to the shifting position of solar rays, the canyon during the day displays a multitude of colors, until just before sunset when it turns bright purple. People from miles around come to ride mules into the depths of the canyon, and so far, 200 thousand people have done this. The canyon is also apparently big enough to house every single human being on earth and still have room for additional millions. On the floor of the canyon is the colorado river, which slowly but surely erodes further sections of it over the course of countless centuries. The first time I watched this, I thought that (for the first time) the Technicolor worked to the detriment of the experience since the colors on the Grand Canyon are too bright. I thought there was a glitch in the disc when I saw them being shown as purple, but according to the narrator it's a real occurrence. I'm not trying to find flaws in this short, but after seeing dozens of (mostly nondescript) Traveltalks, I can't help but be a little bit judgmental.