Misrepresentation of Grand Canyon rock formations

[jammycakes (James McKay)]

That’s quite possible, but the fact remains that they are denying that the cracks exist when it is abundantly clear that they do. It’s still lying even if their placement was merely a coincidence and there was’t any collusion. Also, why is the photo so poorly focused?

I actually found some more, better quality photos of the same formation on a blog post by Ken Ham here. You can see that the cracks are clearly visible in that photo as well:

One of the photos shows the rock formation from a different angle. It looks like you have to scramble up a bit past some scrub to get to the places where the people are in the photo. There’s nothing particularly easy or natural about those locations, though having said that they’re not unduly difficult either.

@dscottjorgenson

In other words, this rock formation is on the canyon floor, 1.5 miles up Carbon Canyon from the Colorado River. If you know anything about the Grand Canyon, you know that this is not the same as Mather Point in Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim at sunset, where a thousand people may be sitting, standing, rollerskating, or walking about on a summer evening. This is a wilderness location 1.5 miles up a side canyon in the heart of nowhere, accessed only by occasional backcountry hikers, who decide to make the trek while passing by on a rafting trip and perhaps camping on the beach where Carbon Canyon meets the river.

As far as I can tell, the location appears on Google Maps here.

For what it’s worth, I’ve blogged my findings here, in a post that’s part of an ongoing series examining AIG’s ten best evidences for a young earth:

YEC Best Evidence 2: bent rock layers are not fractured — or are they?