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“To older Navajos, entering a place like Antelope Canyon was like entering a cathedral. They would probably pause before going in, to be in the right frame of mind and prepare for protection and respect. This would also allow them to leave with an uplifted feeling of what Mother Nature has to offer, and to be in harmony with something greater than themselves. It was, and is, a spiritual experience.”
— Navajo Nation Parks

12 responses to “Lower Antelope Canyon in Navajo Nation”

  1. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Fall in to the crack DSC01489 Walking along the bottom DSC01484Each thumbnail clicks through to a half-size version: IMG_3696_7_8EnhancerIMG_3909_10_11CompressorAnd here is my collection of abstract artsy shots, with the warm diffusion of light reverberating through the bands of sandstone…

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  2. PeterThoeny Avatar
    PeterThoeny

    Very nice! I gotta see the lower canyon too!

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  3. In Memoriam: jerryfi_99 Avatar
    In Memoriam: jerryfi_99

    Antelope Canyon is an awesome place… I’m feeling the need for another trip out there…. Great shots Steve.

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  4. Chucil Avatar
    Chucil

    Did you guys walk into Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings?

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  5. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    yes! Now extruded in 3D…

    Thanks y’all

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  6. jgury Avatar
    jgury

    If you look at the sun image on her right side it a nice Anubis, coyote head in this case – whatever the Navajo and Zuni had for it. Zunis with that coyote headed dancer playing a flute as an iconic glyph. Also that peekaboo woman is either a photobomber or something you leave as a conversation detail.

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  7. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Yes, our young Navajo guide kept pointing out various pareidolia, which must add to the mysticism of the place.

    And for the woman in turquoise, true that. And her shirt reads Endorphins are a girl’s best friend

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  8. jgury Avatar
    jgury

    @Steve Jurvetson
    That figure is more than psych suggestion of a dancing coyote – not as if the shroud of Turin is showing up there. I bet that place gets really lively if you down some of the local cactus juice.
    Not pareidolia but still interesting would be that peekaboo woman’s headress – looking like the Count’s turban hair in Bram Stoker’s Dracula or the guy at the end of Raiders of the Lost Arc who opens it up.

    @jgury

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  9. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Ah, I see what you mean! They were pointing out the crouching lion in stone overhead, looking left… Definitely some magic mojo swirling around in there

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  10. jgury Avatar
    jgury

    @Steve Jurvetson
    So this is a place of rites in passages. That coyote image is great as a source for a vector animation or a graphic character. It would not occur to me to ask somebody: "hey, how about drawing up a Southwestern Indian glyph character with a coyote head on a dancing torch body that pops up in various key areas for me." Just verbalizing something nobody imagines is one thing but seeing an instance with detail in the real locale is something else. I thought I played some adventure type game where you would communicate with Indian spirits and gain shaman medicine powers. And who would not want that after all.
    So contrast convincing people to finance a Mars mission as one thing against wagering your tribe survival on the military strategy of someone’s prophetic visions as something else. A bit more valuable to a tribe than a few James Randi award million dollars. That was part of the legends which are more close in US history than myths, something that makes visiting the Custer battlefield well worth it. I guess they got the medicine right in that case. Wrong is tragedy of course, the ghost dance. The Crazy Horse details, as much as they give – while you become aware of being foreign and deep in the country, are great if you never heard them. An example of a legitimate full death taboo, the location of the Crazy Horse grave. You don’t want to find out.

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  11. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Heh, is that the peyote speaking? =)

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