2017美西15日游-羚羊彩穴-格兰峡谷大坝-布莱斯峡谷

2017年5月美西十五天旅游实录（5）

羚羊彩穴-格兰峡谷大坝-布莱斯峡谷

本网记者 May 23, 2017

2017年5月23日上午去位于美国西南部Arizona州的羚羊彩色穴Lower Antelope Canyon的沿途所见沙漠地带。

英文名称是“Lower Antelope Canyon ", 是地下的“canyon”. 经常有专业摄影家来此采风创作，成为著名景点。

Antelope Canyon was formed by erosion of Navajo Sandstone, primarily due to flash flooding and secondarily due to other sub-aerial processes. Rainwater, especially during monsoon season, runs into the extensive basin above the slot canyon sections, picking up speed and sand as it rushes into the narrow passageways. Over time the passageways eroded away, making the corridors deeper and smoothing hard edges in such a way as to form characteristic "flowing" shapes in the rock. Flooding in the canyon still occurs. A flood occurred on October 30, 2006, that lasted 36 hours, and caused the Tribal Park Authorities to close Lower Antelope Canyon for five months.

Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon in the American Southwest. It is on Navajo land east of Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon includes two separate, scenic slot canyon sections, referred to individually as "Upper Antelope Canyon" or "The Crack"; and "Antelope Canyon" or "The Corkscrew". The Navajo name for Upper Antelope Canyon is Tsé bighánílíní, which means 'the place where water runs through rocks'. Lower Antelope Canyon is Hazdistazí (called "Hasdestwazi" by the Navajo Parks and Recreation Department), or 'spiral rock arches'. Both are in the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation.

Antelope Canyon is a popular location for photographers and sightseers, and a source of tourism business for the Navajo Nation. Private tour companies have been permitted to offer tours since 1987. It has been accessible by tour only since 1997, when the Navajo Tribe made it a Navajo Tribal Park. Photography within the canyons is difficult due to the wide exposure range (often 10 EV or more) made by light reflecting off the canyon walls.

美国国旗上贴上了印第安人的标识

亚利桑那州旗

印第安人旗

由于这块地属于当地印第安人，必须由他们印第安人作导游才能参观。除了门票，每人都给导游一些小费。（牌子英语问题：Tour's应为Tours.)

左一是印第安人导游，必须由他们作导游才能参观

去彩谷穴

羚羊彩穴进入参观入口处

入口处有铁栏扶手

入口处

经过扶手台阶

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刚刚进入彩谷

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这里经常有专业摄影师来，他们雇用印第安人作专门导游。据我们自己的导游介绍，有一张彩色羚羊谷的照片卖出$650万元的高价。这可能有点夸张吧？

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这里经常有专业摄影师来，他们雇用印第安人作专门导游。据我们自己的导游介绍，有一张彩色羚羊谷的照片卖出$650万元的高价。这可能有点夸张吧？

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2017年5月23日从羚羊彩色穴出来后，来到格兰峡谷大坝

Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States, near the town of Page. The 710-foot (220 m) high dam was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) from 1956 to 1966 and forms Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. with a capacity of 27 million acre feet (33 km3).[2] The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a series of deep sandstone gorges now flooded by the reservoir; Lake Powell is named for John Wesley Powell, who in 1869 led the first expedition to traverse the Colorado's Grand Canyon by boat.

Glen Canyon Dam

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Glen Canyon Dam

GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA Carl Hayden Visitor Center @ Glen Canyon Dam Hwy 89 North Page, Arizona 86040 Bookstore: (928) 608-6068 Glen Canyon Dam Tour Desk: (928) 608-6072 Summer Hours (Mid-May – Mid-September): 8:00 am – 6:00 pm, Every Day Fall Hours (Mid-September – October): 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Every Day Winter Hours (November – February): 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, Every Day except Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, & New Year's Day Spring Hours (March – Mid-May): 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Every Day

GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA Carl Hayden Visitor Center @ Glen Canyon Dam

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我们乘坐的旅行巴。司机在休息时经常洗车或做其它整理。

去布莱斯峡谷的路上，导游介绍

去布莱斯峡谷的路上

Bryce Canyon National Park, a sprawling reserve in southern Utah, is known for crimson-colored hoodoos, which are spire-shaped rock formations. The park's main road leads past the expansive Bryce Amphitheater, a hoodoo-filled depression lying below the Rim Trail hiking path. It has overlooks at Sunrise Point, Sunset Point, Inspiration Point and Bryce Point. Prime viewing times are around sunup and sundown. Address: Utah Area: 35,835 acres (145.02 km2) Established: February 25, 1928 Phone: (435) 834-5322 Visitors: 2,365,110 (in 2016)