www.danandholly.com » Antelope Canyon http://www.danandholly.com Dan and Holly Thompson's blog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:44:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 POTW: A crack in the Earth http://www.danandholly.com/index.php/2011/02/potw-a-crack-in-the-earth/ http://www.danandholly.com/index.php/2011/02/potw-a-crack-in-the-earth/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:55:29 +0000 Dan http://www.danandholly.com/index.php/2011/02/potw-a-crack-in-the-earth/ [...Read More]]]>
Antelope Canyon
   Last week’s Picture of the Week was from down inside the lower portion of Antelope Canyon just outside of Page, Arizona (Lake Powell area).  This week though I wanted to show what the top of that canyon looks like.  Holly took this picture of me trying to stuff myself down in the opening as she bravely waited for me to “check things out”. :)   The canyon does open up a bit at the top the further down it goes, but for the most part, you could jump across the opening until it spills out into another canyon a hundred or so yards down from this point.  Pretty wild.  At some points in the canyon I would estimate it to be about 100 feet deep.

–Dan Thompson

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    A while back, Holly and I took a trip to the American Southwest… something we were both very excited about.  I have been wanting to check out some of the slot canyons found in Arizona and Utah for years, and none other stands out quite like Antelope Canyon; you’ve likely seen pictures of it in magazines on multiple occasions.  Interestingly enough, the upper part of the canyon seems to get all the attention because of the shafts of light that can be seen around noon, but Holly and I enjoyed the lower section of the canyon much more.  There were far fewer people, and the canyon was just beautiful and photogenic.

    The canyon itself is extremely tight in places, and took a bit of bravery on Holly’s part as she’s more than a little claustrophobic.  I think maybe I post what it looks like from the top next week.  We had an absolute blast exploring it though. Very neat place!

–Dan Thompson

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