This 360 Spherical Panorama opens looking directly at the Eminence Break Route from the south side of Marble Canyon where there is a significant break in the Kaibab Limestone. The break is the result of a landslide and erosion where the end of the Eminence Fault intersects with the canyon wall. The route then decends through the Toroweap Formation, Coconino Sandstone. Hermit Shale, Esplanade Sandstone, and the Supai Formation. There is a route down this break by which a hiker can access the Colorado River at President Harding Rapid. If you are having trouble locating the Eminence Break in this view then first locate the always recognizable Shinumo Altar on the horizon. Shinumo Altar is the large, flat topped mesa just across the river in the opening view. Now, just below the center of Shinumo Altar is the point of a cliff jutting out into Marble Canyon, half with heavy shadow, half with bright sunlight. That prominence is the southern portion of Tatahatso Point. Once you have located that, follow the rim of Marble Canyon downstream, slowly. Not many yards downstream from Tatahatso Point you can see a subsidence of the prairie between Tatahatso Point and Shinumo Altar. Although it appears much less, the subsidence is about one mile wide before it rises up to meet the gray and tan bluffs of the Eminence Break. Eminence Break is an ancient fault in the earth that allowed the land between its two faulted edge borders to “sink” downward thus creating the subsidence. Geologically, the subsidence is called a graben. I titled this panorama The Buckfarm. Rotate the panorama to the left from Eminence Break and you will see the abyss of The Buckfarm and its vast bowl will come into view. When I finally reached the rim after a mile and a half stroll across the sagebrush prairies and rocky coulees I found many rocky points all along the rim. Such was the case when I reached the rim here. No matter where I positioned myself there was always some protuberance blocking at least part of the view down into The Buckfarm. The Buckfarm is huge in comparison to most of the side canyons and other erosive features that form the sides of Marble Canyon and the Grand Canyon. To me, it is much more impressive to view from above than from river level. Take a look at the panorama titled Buckfarm Canyon and you will be able to see The Buckfarm from an entirely different perspective to help realize how vast it really is. GCPano.org