United States
Antelope Canyon
Step into Antelope Canyon, a narrow slot canyon in Arizona carved by wind and rushing water into smooth, flowing waves of orange and pink rock.
Why is it special?
Its swirling sandstone walls glow orange, pink, and purple when sunlight beams down from above.
It's one of the most photographed slot canyons in the world, on land sacred to the Navajo Nation who calls it home.
How was it built?
Rushing flash floods carved through soft Navajo sandstone over thousands of years, smoothing the rock into flowing curves.
Wind also polished the walls smooth, creating the wavy, rippled patterns you see today.
Amazing facts
The canyon walls are so narrow in places that only one or two people can walk through at a time.
Sunbeams shine down into the canyon most dramatically around midday in summer.
Quick facts
- The canyon walls are so narrow in places that only one or two people can walk through at a time.
- Sunbeams shine down into the canyon most dramatically around midday in summer.
- The canyon was carved mostly by flash floods rushing through during rainstorms.
- Its Navajo name, Tsé bighánílíní, means 'the place where water runs through rocks.'