Yesterday we hiked the red rock slot canyon at Walatowa (Jemez Pueblo). It's a very short, easy hike with a substantial permit fee ($13/ea) but it's beautiful, definitely worth seeing.

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Antelope Canyon, Arizona, is what silence looks like in color.

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Around the bend.

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Slot Canyon Walls” — Soft light penetrates the depths of a slot canyon.

The material making up the walls of Southwest slot canyons varies quite a bit depending on which strata the canyon traverses. Sometimes the rock can be broken and somewhat unattractive, sometimes it can hold fossils or show joints between different layers. But in some places the sandstone seems pristine — solid layers of rock broken only by small details and textures. That was the case here, at a spot where a canyon junction allowed in a bit of extra light…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/01/05/slot-canyon-walls-2/

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Adventure 2022: Death Valley, Day 2, Sidewinder Canyon (March 14)

https://dashausvonruh.com/2025/10/12/adventure-2022-death-valley-day-2-sidewinder-canyon-march-14/

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“Slot Canyon Detail” — Details of the wall of an Utah slot canyon, illuminated by reflected light.

There is a lot I could write about this photograph, the circumstances of making it, and how it ended up here today. First off, it is an older photograph, made years ago. I periodically revisit my old raw file archives, and I always discover photographs that I left behind. In this case, someone else’s photograph from the Southwest triggered me to review my older work from Utah, much of which is over a decade old. So far, I’ve rediscovered about twenty interesting Utah images from that period. Stay tuned!…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2025/10/04/slot-canyon-wallsslot-canyon-detailslot-canyon-walls/

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