Opening viewing platform at the Grand Canyon (7 photos)

Hualapai Indians, wishing that their reservation near the Grand Canyon, there was some kind of landmark, gave permission for the construction of a viewing platform Skywalk on the brink, the depth of which is more than 1200 meters. Horseshoe of glass and metal cost of thirty million dollars and yesterday it held its first visitors - tribal chiefs and astronauts Buzz Aldrin (the second man to walk on the moon) and the first Indian astronaut John Herrington.

Walk over the abyss, as they say, will cost $ 25. The observation deck open for visitors on March 28.











Photos: Scanpix

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