Shifting Sands is a photograph by Dave Bowman which was uploaded on November 9th, 2011.
Shifting Sands
Sand cascades down colourful canyon walls - Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA
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Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot... more
by Dave Bowman
Title
Shifting Sands
Artist
Dave Bowman
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Sand cascades down colourful canyon walls - Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA
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Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. It is located on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon includes two separate, photogenic slot canyon sections, referred to individually as Upper Antelope Canyon or The Crack; and Lower Antelope Canyon or The Corkscrew.
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The Navajo name for Upper Antelope Canyon is Tse bighanilini, which means "the place where water runs through rocks." Lower Antelope Canyon is Hazdistazi, or "spiral rock arches." Both are located within the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation.
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Antelope Canyon was formed by erosion of Navajo Sandstone primarily due to flash flooding and secondarily due to other sub-aerial processes. Rainwater, especially during monsoon season, runs into the extensive basin above the slot canyon sections, picking up speed and sand as it rushes into the narrow passageways. Over time the passageways are eroded away, making the corridors deeper and smoothing hard edges in such a way as to form characteristic 'flowing' shapes in the rock.
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Flooding in the canyon still occurs. A flood occurred on October 30, 2006 that lasted 36 hours, and caused the Tribal Park Authorities to close Lower Antelope Canyon for five months.
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November 9th, 2011
Comments (17)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit!
Tatiana Travelways
Congratulations - Your beautiful picture has been featured in the "Travel Art" group! For further promotion, you can post it to the specific Travel Destinations galleries, our Facebook group and our Pinterest board - all the links are provided on our group's homepage: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/1-travel-art.html * You are invited to post it to our group's blog: travelartpix.com for worldwide exposure!
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 October: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (October 25, 2018)
Suzanne McKay
Loved your black and white you sold today, so I viewed some of your work. THIS one is SO different and wonderful! I don't know how you did this. Definitely a "MOMENT."
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