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Antelope Canyon consists of two independent canyons, namely Upper Antelope Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon

The Upper Antelope Canyon is called "Tse bighanilini" in Navajo; it means "a rock through which water passes". Because the valley is wide and located on the ground, it is the most visited part.

To enter the Upper Antelope Canyon, due to terrain restrictions, you must stop and walk on the sand for about two miles at the entrance. In the past, the protected area allowed private four-wheel drive vehicles to enter. Nowadays, all visitors must take the large four-wheel drive vehicles in the protected area. , And also canceled the permission to walk to avoid accidents caused by tourists walking under the scorching sun.

The Upper Antelope Canyon is called "Tse bighanilini" in Navajo; it means "a rock through which water passes". Because the valley is wide and located on the ground, it is the most visited part.

To enter the Upper Antelope Canyon, due to terrain restrictions, you must stop and walk on the sand for about two miles at the entrance. In the past, the protected area allowed private four-wheel drive vehicles to enter. Nowadays, all visitors must take the large four-wheel drive vehicles in the protected area. , And also canceled the permission to walk to avoid accidents caused by tourists walking under the scorching sun.

Lower Antelope Canyon is called "Hasdeztwazi" in Navajo; it means "arched spiral rock" and will not open for about nine months of the year.

Located underground, you need to climb metal stairs to go deep underground, and you may need to rely on some ropes to complete the lower Antelope Canyon in the middle. Because it is more difficult to enter, there are fewer tourists.

But photographers often take shots here.

The entrance is only one person wide, the same height as the ground, and it is unrecognizable from a distance. After entering, it drops sharply about 50 meters, and the total length is very long. Generally, tourists are only allowed to walk to the halfway point.

The valleys of Lower Antelope Canyon change a lot, some passages are not high enough for people, and tourists may bump their heads.

Antelope Canyon, like other slot canyons, is soft sandstone passing through

Formed by various corrosive forces over millions of years.

The main cause is erosion by flash floods, followed by wind erosion.

During the monsoon season, there are frequent flash floods flowing into the canyon. The sudden increase in rainfall caused the flash floods to flow very quickly. In addition, the narrow passage narrowed the river channel, so the vertical erosivity became relatively large, forming the bottom of the Antelope Canyon. Corridors, and the hard, smooth, water-like edges on the valley walls

Flash floods caused by heavy rains on the plateau are the most important force in cutting the surface. The drier the barren mountain is, the more amazing the power of flash floods in the event of a torrential rain.

The extremely dry and hard surface has poor water absorption, and the rain washes along the terrain. If the surface has a few cracks, the turbulent water and the sand and gravel carrying it all the way down are almost indestructible, and the accumulation of time will overwhelm the land.

Antelope Canyon is a well-known slot canyon in the world, located in the desert of the United States, in the dry river all year round. Look at its appearance like a ditch washed out by running water on the surface of sand. But when people go deep into the valley bottom, they will find that the rock surface of the valley wall seems to have been carefully polished, and the laminae flow along the rock wall, just like the waves of ten thousand years ago were frozen in this valley. Sunlight enters from the top of the canyon, transforming into a strange color.

Later, many iron ladders, safety nets and ropes were added to the Lower Antelope Canyon to prevent accidents from happening again. There are many controversies about whether the lower Antelope Canyon should open the end of the walking part because of this accident.

The light is entirely natural light that enters the cave through the refraction of the red rock layers at different depths. Therefore, the light changes all the time. The colors seen from different angles are different throughout the year and even at different times of the day. When you are in it, it really seems to enter. A colorful magical world is unforgettable for life.