Slot Canyons of Utah/Arizon


Slots Canyons are unique features of earth's crust. The best ones are in the Colorado Plateau where faults have created cracks in the rock. Flash flood from seasonal monsoon rains erode the slot canyons from the bottom, accounting for their narrowness and depth. Photographically, they make fascinating subjects because the reflecting beams of light pick up the color of the walls. With each bounce, the color is intensified, making the colors as intense as you see here. When the rock is red/orange sandstone, the light may be a deep orange or red by the time it reaches the bottom of the slot.



This view is the first one
as you enter South Antelope
from it's eastern entrance.


I like this one in
particular because of
overlapping colors of
the different walls.


In this one the photographer
(name unknown) appears to have
light emanating from his
camera, to reap it at a
later time.


The colors come from
light reflecting off of
opposing walls. The walls
act as sort of a filter
intensifying saturation of
the color with each bounce.


This is Hal, who has somehow
managed to climb up on a
ledge, ever in search of
a new photographic angle.


This particular feature has
been given the name by
someone of "Window through
Time".

This is a shot taken inside
Spooky Gulch, off of
Hole-in-the-Rock Road.
It was so dark in this canyon
that only the camera
could pick up the colors
of the walls.


Buckskin Canyon is north
of Page Arizona near the
geological formation
called the Wave. Here
a tree trunk is wedged
between the walls,
attesting to the height
& power of water during
flash floods that course
through the canyon.


Here's a shot of Steve after
he walked through this pool.
There were several very cold
pools we had to wade through
at Buckskin Gulch.

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