Slot Canyons (not Antelope)
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Layered, swirling sandstone slot canyon walls burst with colors as sunlight reaches into their depth. Located on Navajo Nation territory. Antelope Canyon is the most visited slot canyon in the U.S. southwest.
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This is the exit point of the Wire Pass trail (which passes through a narrow slot canyon) at the conjunction where it enters Buckskin Gulch in Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. I love walking in slot canyons. Note the hiker near the far wall for scale.
Jasper, Jean and I are exploring Southern Utah this week. This morning we found a couple of slot canyons near Kanab. Though a bit too wet for a thorough exploration, it was still very cool. Even at 12 years old, Jasper hiked like a champ.
This is an old photo taken with a point & shoot camera. I was fortunate that the perfect amount of light penetrated through the top of the slot canyon. The light is even better for photographs at mid-day.
Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon in the American Southwest. It is located on Navajo land east of Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon includes two separate, photogenic slot canyon sections, referred to individually as Upper Antelope Canyon or The Crack; and Antelope Canyon or The Corkscrew.
A beautiful slot canyon can be found below the East Entrance Road in Zion National Park. We hiked this canyon because other areas in the park were too crowded. We wanted to limit our covid exposure since we hadn't been vaccinated yet. Luckily we saw very few people in this canyon.
a strong point in the defends of the low lands that could surround the bastion by flooding land around it with water from the rivers, on many times used as state prison and POW camp.
The "Zebra Slot Canyon" is one of the worthwhile destinations in the "Hole in the Rock Road" area near Escalante, part of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, best in later morning with indirect light.
At the beginning of November 2016 I was again in this canyon, but it was full of brackish, cold water, so I could not reach the photographically interesting area as in the picture.
Der "Zebra Slot Canyon" ist eines der lohnenswerten Ziele im Bereich der Hole in the Rock Road nahe Escalante, Teil des Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
Anfang November 2016 war ich erneut in diesem Canyon, der aber voll brackigem, kalten Wasser stand, so dass ich den fotografisch interessanten Bereich wie auf dem Bild nicht erreichen konnte.
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Nadat donderdagochtend 25 mei goed begonnen was door de passage van Retrack met haar LKW Walter trailers, zou er nog gewacht worden op een viertal potentiële treinen die onderweg waren. Dit betroffen een lege houttrein van HLG, een K+S trein van WLC, een lege houttrein van SETG en tot slot een keteltrein van RTI. Aangezien de locomotieven van de treinen onbekend waren, was het een kwestie van afwachten op mogelijke meldingen, al dan niet verrast worden als de trein de hoek om zou zeilen. Het werd uiteindelijk het eerste, aangezien er bij Retzbach een melder verschenen was.
Nog voordat Retrack voorbij was, wisten we al dat HLG de moeite niet was, aangezien het een saaie AlphaTrains 185'er was die de trein mocht voorzien. Ook RTI was niet interessant, en werd gereden met de flink ondergekladde 193 725, overigens wel voorzien van CZ Train logo. De overige twee treinen waren gelukkig wel verzekerd van een noemenswaardige tractie, wat vooral bij WLC heel leuk was, aangezien de sleep wagens ook zeer fraai is. Het betrof hier namelijk een K+S trein, eens wat anders dan die standaard containertreinen van WLC.
Verschillende vervoerders in Duitsland brengen vanuit alle windstreken treinen naar Gerstungen toe, waar de treinen beladen worden met kalizout. De combinatie Kali + Salz wordt mooi afgekort tot K+S op de fraaie blauwe wagens. Een ander fraai vervoer in deze branche zijn de Laugenzüge welke kaliloog vervoeren. Waar de Laugenzüge door verschillende vervoerders gereden worden, zijn ook de K+S treinen te zien bij verschillende vervoerders. Tussen het Oostenrijkse Linz en het Duitse Gerstungen is WLC degene die de eer heeft de treinen te rijden. Als men 's avonds op tijd vanuit Linz vertrekt, kan de trein de volgende ochtend bij de fraaie ochtendstek in Wernfeld op de gevoelige plaat gezet worden. Deze donderdagochtend was dat ook weer het geval!
De klok slaat 7:45 als de WLC 187 322, nog voorzien van de oude huiskleurstelling, te Wernfeld passeert met een lege K+S trein 49850 vanuit Linz Chemie naar Gerstungen. Zo kon een trein die al langer op het lijstje stond met WLC, eindelijk goed afgestreept worden. Als kers op de taart kon exact een week later dezelfde trein gefotografeerd worden met opnieuw een 187'er op kop, maar gelukkig een exemplaar in de nieuwe livrei!
Het Slot Haamstede is een oud kasteel dat ligt in het dorp Haamstede op Schouwen-Duiveland. De beroemdste bewoner van dit slot was Witte van Haamstede, een bastaardzoon van graaf Floris V.
In 1973 is het kasteel gerestaureerd, en in 1981 werd het, met kasteelbos en uitgestrekt duingebied, verkocht aan de Vereniging Natuurmonumenten.
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Slot Haamstede is an old castle located in the village of Haamstede on Schouwen-Duiveland. The most famous inhabitant of this castle was Witte van Haamstede, a bastard son of Count Floris V.
The castle was restored in 1973, and in 1981 it was sold to the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten, with the castle forest and extensive dune area.
Most people go to Vegas to have fun in the casinos. I tend to go to Vegas to visit family and explore the sights outside the city... whether it be Red Rock Canyon or Valley of Fire State Park depicted here.
Of course, the key is to go during the cooler months, when the temperatures aren't north of 100°F. Timing is everything. In this case, we hiked all around Valley of Fire the first week of April this year, and the following week the temperatures reached 99°F and higher. We camped with our dogs for the first time, and they enjoyed the hikes, but not the windy nights. Obviously, there was enough breeze during the day to kick up some sand in the slots, which made them a bit brighter and added to the aura. For my money, these slots pay out better than the ones on the strip any day of the week.
Recognition:
Accepted for Display - SEP 2023 by Darkroomers Photographic Club, San Diego, CA
A beautiful place the canyons are amazing This is out of my comfort zone ! but having a great time in Arizona.
Macro Mondays 'holes' theme.
I took several different photos for this week's 'holes' theme, then dithered about which one to upload, finally deciding on this one of a dark grey plastic slotted serving spoon. It's hangs on a rack and is rarely used as you can tell by the dreaded macro dust!
The image measures 1.25" in width
A tree somehow survives in a 30-foot-deep slot canyon near Page, Arizona.
Happy Tree-mendous Tuesday!
Color My World Daily - Tuesday
While on a trip to the Southwest I discovered a hidden slot canyon. As I walked through the winding cavern, light trickled down from above casting shadows and highlights on the walls and floor.
This is not Antelope Canyon in Page Arizona., this is just outside of Blanding Utah in the desert.
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Slot canyon hiking can be one of the most interesting and challenging activities in red rock canyon country. Over eons of storms, slot canyons were formed by racing water and the tumble of boulders and other debris leaving interesting patterns and colors in the sandstone.
Navigating the large boulders, steep talus slopes, and deep pools requires special gear and skills to maneuver.
The most important skill is possession of a conservative mindset when it comes to when to hike down a slot canyon, and more importantly, when not to hike. Flashfloods can blossom into catastrophic events even when there is little or no precipitation in the immediate vicinity. Far away mountains and plateaus are carved with numerous rivulets, washes, and creeks that funnel rain water into many slot canyons.
My words here come from an experience of having to climb up out of an approaching flashflood and watching many flashfloods from a distance over the years. Stay safe!
We drove to Zion National Park for the day. The park was so crowded with people it seemed that everyone else had the same idea. It probably seemed even more crowded to us because we have spent so much time in remote places recently. We decided to leave but on the way out happened to snag a parking spot along the road. Then we dropped down into the wash which runs below the road. We hiked a few miles along the wash and ran into very few people, most of them stayed up near the road. We found several lovely slot canyons.
A view of Lower Antelope Slot canyon near Page, Arizona. This is a 5 exposure hdr followed by Lucisart processing to bring out the texture. I also pushed the color saturation but did not add color or colorize the image in any way.
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