The wider view . . . Explore 26-04-2024 #32
A visit to Page, Arizona is not complete without a visit to one of the slot canyons, or more if possible! Upper Antelope Canyon is called Tsé bighánílíní, "the place where water runs through rocks" by the Navajo. The Antelope Canyons are located in the Navajo Nation and to visit the slot canyon you must use a tour guide that has been authorized by the Navajo Nation.
While discovering Upper Antelope Canyon I was reminded by the guide that beside looking around for views to photograph to remember to look up also. This overhead view, of the central section of the image, has been named by others as "Monument Valley in Antelope Canyon". This is the wider view when looking up. It is a challenge to compose the image as the camera is aimed straight up while mounted on the tripod. The best positions seemed to be kneeling and then contorting the body to view the screen or lying prone on the sand beneath the camera. Our guide did an excellent job of keeping the other groups moving through and preventing any documenting images of my positioning for getting the image.
"Antelope Canyon was formed by erosion of Navajo Sandstone, primarily due to flash flooding and secondarily due to other sub-aerial processes. Rainwater, especially during monsoon season, runs into the extensive basin above the slot canyon sections, picking up speed and sand as it rushes into the narrow passageways. Over time the passageways eroded away, making the corridors deeper and smoothing hard edges in such a way as to form characteristic "flowing" shapes in the rock." The description from Wikipedia
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The wider view . . . Explore 26-04-2024 #32
A visit to Page, Arizona is not complete without a visit to one of the slot canyons, or more if possible! Upper Antelope Canyon is called Tsé bighánílíní, "the place where water runs through rocks" by the Navajo. The Antelope Canyons are located in the Navajo Nation and to visit the slot canyon you must use a tour guide that has been authorized by the Navajo Nation.
While discovering Upper Antelope Canyon I was reminded by the guide that beside looking around for views to photograph to remember to look up also. This overhead view, of the central section of the image, has been named by others as "Monument Valley in Antelope Canyon". This is the wider view when looking up. It is a challenge to compose the image as the camera is aimed straight up while mounted on the tripod. The best positions seemed to be kneeling and then contorting the body to view the screen or lying prone on the sand beneath the camera. Our guide did an excellent job of keeping the other groups moving through and preventing any documenting images of my positioning for getting the image.
"Antelope Canyon was formed by erosion of Navajo Sandstone, primarily due to flash flooding and secondarily due to other sub-aerial processes. Rainwater, especially during monsoon season, runs into the extensive basin above the slot canyon sections, picking up speed and sand as it rushes into the narrow passageways. Over time the passageways eroded away, making the corridors deeper and smoothing hard edges in such a way as to form characteristic "flowing" shapes in the rock." The description from Wikipedia
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