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Antelope Canyon
Antelope Canyon was one of the most amazing places we have seen in our US holiday this year! The slot canyon was formed by erosion of sandstone, primarily by flash flooding, but also the rainwater is cutting into the stone walls, smoothing the hard edges in such a way as to form the “flowing shapes’ in the rock. It is a spectacular looking place and understandably very popular with photographers, which was a bit frustrating at times. The people running the tours are very nice and they try to accommodate everyone, but in order to do that, they have to rush you through. You can…
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Horseshoe Bend – Colorado River
The next stop after Grand Canyon was the small town of Page where we visited two amazing places: Horseshoe Bend and Antelope Canyon -both breathtaking, ‘WOW’ places, like nothing we have ever seen before. And both posing different challenges for photographers! At Horseshoe -a meander of Colorado River- you stay on the edge of the cliff and look down approximately 300m, so vast and beautiful! But I was surprised there is nothing to protect you from falling to your certain death, I did not see any rail or any sign of warning… Well, this is probably my Australian mentality speaking, it would be ridiculous to fence out the whole Grand Canyon… It…