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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Slot Zeist is a seventeenth-century castle in the Dutch municipality of Zeist that was built as a pleasure resort for Willem Adriaan van Nassau. The castle was designed by architect Jacobus Roman. The castle is surrounded by an English landscape park and the Broeder and Zusterplein.
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.
Beautiful slot canyon formations in Cardiac Canyon, including this one that resembles a howling dog or beast.
Slot Moermond is een kasteel in het dorp Renesse
Slot Moermond is a castle in the village of Renesse
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Zion National Park. Utah. West Temple and Towers of the Virgin
Follow the paths where ancient native people and pioneers walked. Gaze up at massive sandstone cliffs of cream, pink, and red that soar into a brilliant blue sky. Experience wilderness in a narrow slot canyon. Zion’s unique array of plants and animals will enchant you as you absorb the rich history of the past and enjoy the excitement of present day....241
Slot Canyon, Arizona, USA
If you are looking to visit a slot canyon, this site horseshoebendtours.com/ offers both private and limited number tours. 14 is the max. It was an awesome experience. Something I have wanted to do for a long time. Not sure I did the canyon justice but I certainly enjoyed it. One item off the bucket list :-)
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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.
If you have never been, you have to go to the Antelope Slot Canyons in AZ. They are simply beautiful. This shot is mid-day in order to get the direct rays of light into the chamber, if there is any breeze at all outside you will get sand and other particulates drifting down into the canyon which provide the luminous for these shot. Upper Antelope is much easier to move around and decend into and through but I thought that Lower Antelope may have been the most beautiful images. More to come
A beautiful place the canyons are amazing This is out of my comfort zone ! but having a great time in Arizona.
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
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
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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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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A tree somehow survives in a 30-foot-deep slot canyon near Page, Arizona.
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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.
De meivakantie 2022 bracht ons gezin in Denemarken. Een heerlijk weekje bij de Waddenzeekust. We verbleven in een fraai huisje aan de rond van het dorpje Bådsbøl-Ballum. We zaten vlakbij het Waddeneiland Rømø en de fraaie zandsteenkliffen van Emmerlev Klev en ten zuiden de Marschbahn. Beiden hebben aantrekkingskracht, maar de Marschbahn heeft voor een treinenliefhebber toch net iets meer te bieden. Vooral omdat deze fraaie lijn nog steeds het toneel is van de prachtige diesellocs van de serie 218 en deels nog klassieke beveiliging.
De volledige IC-dienst vanaf Westerland en een (per dag wisselend) deel van de in opdracht van DB Fernverkehr gereden autotreinen tussen Westerland (hoofdplaats van het eiland Sylt) worden nog gereden door diesellocs van de serie 218, maar de laatste tijd duiken er steeds vaker moderne Traxx-diesels van de serie 245 op in de IC-dienst. Op maandagochtend 2 mei 2022 werden stekken bij Lehnshallig en ten zuiden van Klanxbüll bezocht. Al snel werd duidelijk dat deze maandag vooral moderne locomotieven zouden rijden. DB reed de auotreindienst met drie Traxx'en en één koppel 218's en RDC reed met Vectrons. Al met al ook leuke tractie, maar de klassiekers waar mijn hart echt sneller van gaat kloppen, zouden vooral dinsdag en donderdag voor mijn lens verschijnen al pakte ik die maandag ook al een aantal fraaie 218's.
Halverwege de ochtend ging ik naar de bekende fotoplek aan de Hindenburgdamm. Deze dam verbindt het vasteland met het eiland Sylt. Daar werden een aantal autotreinen en een IC opgewacht. Aanvankelijk stond ik alleen, maar al snel sloot een treinenspotter met een drone aan. Hier zien we de RDC 247 909 met autotrein AZS 28909 Westerland (Sylt)-Niebüll bij Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog op 2-5-2022.
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!
Note: This is one of several views I've posted of this hidden slot canyon on Navajo lands in northern Arizona. This image was shot pointing my lens straight up into the top of the Canyon.
FYI: This Navajo slot canyon is the very best kind for photographers. Here's why: It's very narrow (in some places no more than a two-foot wide passage between the walls. Its walls are tall (25 to 40 feet) created by millions of years of vari-colored sand that was laid down and hardened into rock. Then rain/storm flow over eons cut through some vulnerability in the rock layers to erode them into a smooth-sided narrow canyon. This slot, like most, is not long -- maybe 400 feet, and the path through it is sand.
When sun rays peek into small openings over a very narrow slot canyon like this, they skim over the pink and red sandstone layers and augment their colors -- mostly reds, oranges and yellows but also magenta and dark blue. The sun rays also increase the radiance of the sandstone colors, much like it does with fall leaves. The colors and amount of radiance depend on a lot of things, including the composition of the sandstone layers along with the location of the sun as created by time of day and time of year.
We traversed Wire Pass, a slot canyon near Kenab, Utah. Some sections of the canyon are very narrow; one can touch each side; other sections are wider. It's an exciting narrow canyon that is quite popular even though one has to travel over 8 miles down a heavily rutted and often slippery dirt road that can be impassable after rain in order to get to the trailhead.