How wide did you say?
“Customers*, I find myself in a dilemma”. Immortal words from former great Quiz Show Host Bob Dyer *to Barry Jones, after asking him the name of the first Governor-General of India and getting a long, rambling and entertaining answer......(who remembers that?”)....as I do with this shot.
This is Capertee Valley/Canyon west of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. Taken from Pearson’s Lookout, the sign says that at 30 kilometres wide, the Capertee Valley is purportedly the world’s largest canyon, one kilometres wider than the Grand Canyon although nowhere near as deep. Pearson’s lookout is about 700 metres, that is approximately 2000 feet above the valley floor.
Wikipedia says differently...clearly saying it is the second largest canyon in the world by both width and depth. Who am I to say, a humble amateur geographer amongst my other sins.
The flat Mesa like mountain right of centre background is known as Pantoneys Crown at 1020 metres (back to metric). The oil shale town of Newness is far back to the left of centre and Glen Davis, also an old oil shale town further to the left (north). Oil shale opened up this area in the late 1800’s and massive facilities were built to refine and transport it. Most of the towns are now basically ghost towns with a few relics of these days left. Roads still lead into the area for exploration and photography but are mostly unformed.
Here is the Wikipedia article, you can make up you own mind.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capertee_Valley
* 1960’s - BP Pick-a-Box
How wide did you say?
“Customers*, I find myself in a dilemma”. Immortal words from former great Quiz Show Host Bob Dyer *to Barry Jones, after asking him the name of the first Governor-General of India and getting a long, rambling and entertaining answer......(who remembers that?”)....as I do with this shot.
This is Capertee Valley/Canyon west of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. Taken from Pearson’s Lookout, the sign says that at 30 kilometres wide, the Capertee Valley is purportedly the world’s largest canyon, one kilometres wider than the Grand Canyon although nowhere near as deep. Pearson’s lookout is about 700 metres, that is approximately 2000 feet above the valley floor.
Wikipedia says differently...clearly saying it is the second largest canyon in the world by both width and depth. Who am I to say, a humble amateur geographer amongst my other sins.
The flat Mesa like mountain right of centre background is known as Pantoneys Crown at 1020 metres (back to metric). The oil shale town of Newness is far back to the left of centre and Glen Davis, also an old oil shale town further to the left (north). Oil shale opened up this area in the late 1800’s and massive facilities were built to refine and transport it. Most of the towns are now basically ghost towns with a few relics of these days left. Roads still lead into the area for exploration and photography but are mostly unformed.
Here is the Wikipedia article, you can make up you own mind.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capertee_Valley
* 1960’s - BP Pick-a-Box