Recently I had a friend request (enjoy JIM!) that I put up some of my photos from Antelope Canyon in Northern AZ. These were taken hand held 6 years ago with my first digital camera - a Pentax Optio S5i, a 5.1 mp point and shoot. As is usually the case, it's more about the archer, and less about the arrow, if you know what I mean. =)
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| The entrance to Antelope Canyon, known world wide for it's amazing colors, and wind, water and sand formed sandstone walls. Slot canyons start out as sand dunes that become compacted into sand stone over thousands of years....... |
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The Corkscrew (looking UP from the canyon floor).
Over time the top layer of sand covering the sandstone is worn away by flash floods. The flash floods travel across the desert floor with great force and begin to wear away at the cracks and weak spots in the sand stone.... |
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The Corkscrew, again. =)
Over a period of thousands of years the wash becomes deeper, and deeper, cutting further into the sandstone, and pushing out more of the rock and sand..... |
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"The Joker"
Until you have....... |
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"The Laser"
A slot canyon/skinny cave/they have lots of names. These canyons can be as large and deep as cathedrals, or barely big enough to squeeze through. In the Grand Circle area of the Southwest (S. UT, N. AZ, and parts of S. Colorado) there are over 300 known slots. Some of them are only a few hundred feet long or shorter, and others are measured in miles, like Water Holes Canyon in Paige, AZ. |
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