Antelope Canyon is one of the world’s famous slot canyons and a famous photography attraction. It is located in the northern part of Arizona, USA. The nearest city is Peggy , which belongs to the Navajo Aboriginal Reserve. Antelope Canyon is divided into two separate parts in terrain, called Upper Antelope Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon.
Fly to Las Vegas at 10 a.m. in Chicago , pick up the car and go back to the hotel to rest, and drive to see the Grand Canyon , on the third day to Antelope Canyon. Many scenic spots outside the country do not have man-made landscaping, and Antelope Canyon is the same. It maintains pure natural landform features. You can’t see various lights and shadows in the Antelope Canyon Cave. It is purely natural lighting. Many caves in China use lights. The light and shadow are colorful. However, Antelope Canyon does not use artificial lights, and in different time periods, it will present different natural color lights, which is extremely beautiful.
The exit of Antelope Canyon is only more than one person wide, and the mountain torrent gushes out from here.
And the light of the passage also ever-changing. Only a short period of time at noon can the sun shine through several gaps to the bottom of the valley. Antelope Canyon near Page. Arizona is North America The most beautiful canyon, it is deep, the distance is not long, but it goes deep underground along the mountain.
Antelope Canyon, like other slot canyons, is formed by various erosion forces of soft sandstone over millions of years.The main cause is flash flood erosion, followed by wind erosion.During the monsoon season, flash floods often flow into the canyon. Due to the sudden increase in rainfall, the flow rate of the flash flood is quite fast. In addition, the narrow channel narrows the river channel, so the vertical erosion force is also relatively large, forming the bottom of Antelope Canyon. The corridors, as well as the hard and smooth edges like flowing water on the valley walls.
The Grand Canyon was not formed solely by the flow of the Colorado River.The flash floods caused by heavy rains on the plateau are the most important force for cutting the surface. The drier the barren mountains, the more amazing the power of flash floods once there is heavy rain.
The extremely dry and hard surface has poor water absorption, and the rainfall washes along the terrain. If there are some cracks on the surface, the turbulent water flow and the sand and gravel washed down along the way are almost indestructible. Over time, the landform can be turned upside down.
The picture above shows the horseshoe-shaped big bend landform of Antelope Canyon.
