Looking down

As you wind your way through Echo Canyon, you eventually get to a place where (during our visit) it was flooded - kind of a sink hole in the trail. Jon got up to his chest in water before we decided to turn around.Since we couldn't continue through the slot, we backtracked and took another trail that went above the slot we had just been hiking in. We were able to then look down into the slot beyond where we were stopped by water. We were walking on a ledge in what felt like a big open tunnel, with the slot on one side. Once we got through this tunnel in a canyon looking down at a slot, we were able to reenter the slot from the other end.

On the left side of the photo below, you can see the slot where the photos from the last few days were taken.

When we leaned over the edge, this is what we saw, looking down. Topaz really brought out the pinks in the rocks here. In general, the landscape was comprised of shades of deep gold, orange, rust, pink, and gray. You can just make out the narrow bottom of the canyon in the photo below. I think only a very skinny Minnie would fit through there! Where we could again enter at the other end, it was wider.

Looking down

We found a scenic overlook behind the high school in Page Arizona (of all places) that allowed us to peer into an arm of the Glen Canyon. Shot in RAW. Played with the vibrance and the clarity sliders a little to pop the texture on the rock.

Shutter 1/20, f/5, ISO 400, focal length 77mm

"How low can we go??"

It's hard to look down when you are already there. After canyoneering class, we drove from Escalante, Utah, through Death Valley National Park, on our way to Yosemite. I was tickled with the idea of being below sea level, but on dry land.