If you have ever seen pictures or video from Antelope Canyon, you probably want to visit it in person. The area outside of Page, AZ is otherworldly, basically looking like a crack in the earth. It is actually a dramatic slot canyon that is almost always shaded at the bottom due to the fact that the walls are so high and close together that only light from directly above can make it to the floor of the canyon. At specific times of year at at specific times of day, the sun will actually make sunbeams that will make it to the canyon floor, creating dramatic photographic opportunities that are both beautiful and quite difficult to expose correctly. They can be made even more dramatic by throwing sand from the canyon floor through the beam just as you are snapping the pictures. The walls of Antelope Canyon are a rainbow of reds, browns and oranges and are rough to the touch. This is because they are made of sandstone which can be scraped away quite easily. The drama of the area will generally lead to a sense of eerieness when you notice that there is no river running through the bottom of the canyon. It is perfectly dry sand and dirt, so how exactly was Antelope Canyon created if not for flowing water from a river. The answer is startling, it comes from flash flood water rushing through the area from rain in distant places. The rain that creates the canyon can actually happen many miles away, not able to be seen from the canyon itself. Yes, you do have a chance of being swept away and harmed if you are in Antelope Canyon when there is a flash flood from rain happening far enough away to not be able to
If you have ever seen pictures or video from Antelope Canyon, you probably want to visit it in person. The area outside of Page, AZ
