What came next was without doubt one of the highlights of the trip so far: Just outside of Page (within the Navajo Indian reservation territory) is the Antilope Slot Canyon. This one is not nearly as well known as, say, the Grand Canyon or even Bryce Canyon or Zion Canyon, but certainly deserves to be in that league for rather different reasons though.
It’s a very narrow canyon, sometimes only a few feet wide, through which the Navajo Indians guide the visitors. While it’s extremely narrow, the canyon is at the same time rather tall and open at the top. Therefore, especially at mid-day, some sunrays shine inside and create the most beautiful images on the canyon floor and walls. A photographer’s dream. Something which seems to have made the rounds all the way to Japan, as our group consisted mainly of Japanese tourists equipped with the intimating-looking tripods and the latest cameras.
The photographic trick as we found out really is to find those few precious moments when the canyon space ahead you is free of, ... well, in our case Japanese people. And then one could enjoy (and photograph) some of these amazing moments. It was absolutely fantastic. After about an hour we were back in our tour jeeps which got us there in the first place.
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