Sculpture in Stone X
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Sculpture in Stone X

By ernieleo
Slot Canyon.....Lower Antelope Canyon......Navajo Nation...... Page Az....The Navajo name for Lower Antelope Canyon is Hasdeztwazi or - Spiral Rock Arches. Many years ago, herds of Pronghorn Antelope roamed freely in, and around the canyon, which explains the English name.

This incredible canyon has been created over many thousands of years by the relentless forces of water and wind, slowly carving and sculpting the sandstone into forms, textures, and shapes which we observe today

Antelope Canyon is visited exclusively through guided tours, in part because rains during monsoon season can quickly flood the canyon. Rain does not have to fall on or near the Antelope Canyon slots for flash floods to whip through, as rain falling dozens of miles away - upstream - of the canyons can funnel into them with little prior notice. On August 12, 1997, eleven tourists, including seven from France, one from the United Kingdom, one from Sweden and two from the United States, were killed in Lower Antelope Canyon by a flash flood. Very little rain fell at the site that day, but an earlier thunderstorm had dumped a large amount of water into the canyon basin, seven miles upstream.

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1 decade ago
Comment by: adni18
Excellent photo as always! Congratulation A w a r d
1 decade ago
Comment by: AzDude
excellent shot Photographer Booming love
1 decade ago
Comment by: digitalpix4all
Beauty, ernie. Photographer clap
1 decade ago
Comment by: jazzilady
That is absolutely beautimus! It´s amazing what time does! clap Booming love
1 decade ago
Comment by: sed
Beauty!! Photographer Congratulation
1 decade ago
Comment by: killua
Nice shot Happy
1 decade ago
Comment by: etype2
Splendid!!! Happy clap clap
1 decade ago
Comment by: teddybearcholla
Gorgeous!!! clap clap Booming love


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