Sun In Upper Antelope Canyon
April 22, 2013 by staff
Sun In Upper Antelope Canyon, The Navajo name for Upper Antelope Canyon is Tse’ bighanilini, which means “the place where water runs through rocks.” Upper Antelope Canyon is at about 4,000 ft. elevation and the canyon walls rise 120 ft. above the stream bed.
Antelope Canyon, located outside of Page is at once one of the most breathtaking and tranquil places on earth. Gently carved from the Navajo sandstone over the course of countless millenniums, the slot canyons are majestic and narrow passages, just enough space for a small group to walk the sandy floor – and for the occasional shafts of sunlight to shine down from above.
When approaching Upper Antelope Canyon, there is no obvious clue as to its location. The trail seems to end at the base of a red sandstone plateau about 20 yards high, the entrance is a narrow curved slit in the cliffs only a few feet wide. Once inside, the temperature drops as much as 10 degrees as the visitor enters one of the most beautiful of all natural formations. The sunlight filtering down the curved sandstone walls makes magical, constantly changing patterns and shadows in many subtle shades of color. Some sections of the canyon are wide and bright, while others are narrower and more cave-like, with no light reaching the sandy floor. After only 150 yards or so, the canyon becomes suddenly much shallower near the top of the plateau. Pictures taken here adorn homes, galleries and photographic books throughout the world.
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