iCanyoni yeAntelope, eArizona

Ulwazi

I-Antelope Canyon, ethe ngasePage, e-Arizona, ingomnye yeendawo ezithathwa kakhulu emhlabeni. Idume ngobuhle bayo bemvelo obumangalisayo, kunye neendawo ezijolise kumhlaba ezine-sandstone ezijolise kumhlaba kunye nemithombo yokukhanya emangalisayo edala umoya omangalisayo. Le canyon ihlukaniswe ibe ziindawo ezimbini ezahlukeneyo, i-Upper Antelope Canyon kunye ne-Lower Antelope Canyon, nganye inika amava ahlukeneyo kunye nombono.

I-Upper Antelope Canyon, eyaziwa ngegama leNavajo elithi “Tsé bighánílíní,” elithetha “indawo apho amanzi ahamba khona phakathi kweentaba,” idume ngokufikeleleka kwayo okulula kunye nemithombo yokukhanya emangalisayo. Le ndawo ilungile kubavakashi abafuna amava alula kwaye angaphantsi kokuphazamiseka komzimba. Ngokuchasene, i-Lower Antelope Canyon, okanye “Hazdistazí” elithetha “iindawo ezijolise kumhlaba ezijolise kumhlaba,” inika uphando olungaphezulu nolonwabisayo olunemigudu emincinci kunye neeladders.

I-Antelope Canyon iyindawo engcwele kubantu baseNavajo, kwaye iintlanganiso ezikhokhelwayo ziqhutywa ngababonisi beNavajo ababelana ngembali yabo entle kunye nesiko. Ixesha elingcono lokuvakasha liqala ngoMatshi ukuya ku-Okthobha xa imithombo yokukhanya ibonakala kakhulu, idala amathuba amangalisayo okuthatha iifoto. Nokuba ungumthwebuli wezithombe ophumelelayo okanye umthandi wemvelo, i-Antelope Canyon izisa amava angalibalekiyo agxile kubuhle bendawo yehlathi.