Archive - Muddy Falls
June 07, 2020
Each Sunday we present a notable item from our archives. This EPOD was originally published June 4, 2003.
Provided and copyright by: Stan Celestian
Summary author: Stan Celestian
Grand Falls in northern Arizona is called the Muddiest Waterfall in the World. The above photo was taken in March of 1999. This waterfall was created when Meriam Crater produced a lava flow that dammed the Little Colorado River. The lava dam can be seen on the right side of the photo; the canyon runs to the left and the large basalt outcrop in the foreground is part of the lava flow. Soon a lake developed and eventually the water worked its way around the lava flow and back into the original channel (canyon) creating the waterfall. When visiting northern Arizona on a dry, windy spring day, you may see a cloud of dust rising up out of the high desert -- you've found Grand Falls.
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