Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art

Far from being an artist myself, I look for art through my camera lens.  Nature seldom disappoints. A much anticipated trip after our boat trip on Lake Powell to Rainbow Arch was a tour of Antelope Canyon.

On Navajo land, an Indian guide  takes you from the the town of Page Arizona on a rather hairy exhilarating ride in an open top truck through streets, then tire-sucking sand dunes to the entrance of the canyon.

Our patient Navajo guide, Bruce, pointed out good camera angles and whimsically named rock formations to overexcited tourists crowding through the narrow slot canyon.

An ordinary hole in the rock? Not so much:

The play of light on the water carved rock was astonishing:

“Lincoln’s Nose!”:

“Monument Valley”:

The site (we were told) of the original National Geographic photograph that captured the public’s imagination:

What more can I say? Wow! Nature doing the work for me.

Guided tours only through: Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation.

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