Bryce Canyon National Park is a national park located in southwestern
Utah in the United States. Despite its name, this is not actually a
canyon, but rather a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion
along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is
distinctive due to its unique geological structures, called hoodoos,
formed from wind, water, and ice erosion of the river and lakebed
sedimentary rocks. The red, orange and white colors of the rocks
provide spectacular views. The canyon area was settled by Mormon
pioneers in the 1850s and was named after Ebenezer Bryce, who
homesteaded in the area in 1875. The area around Bryce Canyon became a
United States national monument in 1924 and was designated as a
national park in 1928.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1689:
Glorious Revolution: Instead of James Francis Edward Stuart the Prince
of Wales acceding to the throne, his sister Mary and her husband
William were proclaimed co-rulers of England.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_II_of_England)
1880:
Thomas Edison observed the Edison Effect, which later formed the basis
of John Ambrose Fleming's vacuum tube diodes.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermionic_emission)
1881:
Hubertine Auclert, a leading French suffragette in Paris, launched the
feminist newspaper La Citoyenne.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubertine_Auclert)
1984:
Konstantin Chernenko succeeded the late Yuri Andropov as General
Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Chernenko)
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Wikiquote of the day:
In this moment, I need to be needed, With this darkness all around me,
I like to be liked, In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted,
'Cause I love to be loved, I love to be loved. -- Peter Gabriel --
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Gabriel)