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"The place touched by God" - Antelope Canyon, a hidden gem!!!

Antelope Canyon is one of the top ten address wonders in the world. It is different from other canyons in that it exists underground. When you come to the entrance of the canyon, there is only a piece of bare red sandstone under your feet, and all you can see is a crack on the red sandstone. When you drill down from the crack on the ground, you find that there is another cave below! The narrow canyon is like a fantasy and wonderful art palace. The width of the red canyon can only accommodate one or two people, and its walls are ever-changing. The texture of the rock formation flows along the canyon, and the surface seems to have been carefully polished into various concave and convex shapes, just like the waves of hundreds of millions of years ago were frozen in this canyon. When the weather is fine, the sun will shine down through the gaps. Different rock wall geology produces wonderful light and shadow effects and different shapes under the light of different angles. It is beautiful, like a dream, and some people often call Antelope Canyon "the place touched by God". Antelope Canyon is also a sacred place for the Navajo Nation. According to the historical narrative of the Navajo Nation, this place used to be the habitat of wild antelopes, and antelopes often wandered in the canyon, hence the name. The older Navajo people once regarded this place as a holy place for meditation and communication with the gods. The cause of Antelope Canyon is mainly the erosion of torrential rains year after year for hundreds of millions of years. Antelope Canyon is also a sacred place for the Navajo Nation. According to the historical narrative of the Navajo Nation, this place used to be the habitat of wild antelopes, and antelopes often wandered in the canyon, hence the name. The older Navajo people once regarded this place as a holy place for meditation and communication with the gods. The cause of Antelope Canyon is mainly the erosion of torrential rains year after year for hundreds of millions of years. According to a local tour guide, when some tourists entered the canyon, it happened that there was a short-term torrential rain upstream. In a short period of time, the torrential rain converged into mountain torrents, and the tourists were washed away before they had time to escape.
Posted: Apr 11, 2023
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