Antelope Canyon

Antelope Canyon by Christophe Testi

Antelope Canyon

Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. It is located on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon formed over the course of millions of years by erosion of the Navajo Sandstone, primarily due to flash flooding and secondarily due to wind erosion. Rainwater (especially during monsoon season) runs into the wash that Antelope Canyon is part of, picking up speed and sand as it rushes through the narrow passageways. Over time the passageways are eroded away, making the corridors wider and smoothing hard edges in such a way as to form characteristic ‘flowing’ shapes in the rock. Lower Antelope Canyon, called Hasdeztwazi, or “spiral rock arches” by the Navajo, is located a few kilometers away from the upper Antelope Canyon and is a more difficult hike.

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  • DawsonImages

    DawsonImages

    Beautiful work, nice light

  • StacyLee

    StacyLee

    I love how abstract this looks… the colors and lighting are gorgeous!

  • pmistric

    pmistric

    This is so beautiful. The textures are so cool.

  • nick board

    nick board

    Geo-rgous

  • EOS20

    EOS20Greeter

    Beautiful!!

  • Mark German

    Mark Germancommunity helper

    Fantastic capture, Christophe.

  • Samuel Gundry

    Samuel Gundry

    For me, It wasn’t immediately obvious what the image is of, a bit ‘abstractish’. The lighting/shading really brings out the form/shape of the rocks. Thanks for the background info too, very interesting.

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert

    Fantastic image

  • Angela Stewart

    Angela Stewart

    Amazing landscape…I love the colours and tones in this. Great work!

  • funkyfacestudio

    funkyfacestudio

    Beautiful shot, great colors and textures.

  • clarkey

    clarkey

    The tones and texture give it an appearance of fantasy. Beautiful shot and work.

  • Andrew Brown

    Andrew Brown

    Great colours and textures. Wonderful light.

  • brummieboy

    brummieboy

    Absolutely beautiful work …

  • Rebecca Garibay

    Rebecca Garibay

    love it

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith

    Beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous!

  • AdamDonnelly

    AdamDonnelly

    Fantastic! Amazing light bringing out that texture & beautiful colours.

  • Chloe Flathers

    Chloe Flathers

    Love it! We go to Antelope Canyon each summer! What a wonderful capture here.

  • Irene  Burdell

    Irene Burdell

    This is just fantastic ,superb amazing .

  • Ben Herman

    Ben Herman

    Amazing, beautiful, stunning.

  • Andrew Edgar

    Andrew Edgar

    beautiful image, great texture

  • RoughDiamond

    RoughDiamond

    Oh man I totally love this.

  • Olga

    Olga

    A WINNER!

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    great work …

  • fadilfb

    fadilfb

    Awesome, the color gradation is so awesome, I wiss were there.

  • Mark Tisdale

    Mark Tisdale

    Spectacular

  • micmac

    micmac

    It looks so creamy,again the shapes of arches,i love the way the colors just fade away with the light,i feel like touching it.

  • Heather Hartkamp

    Heather Hartkamp

    It might be the ‘most visited’ but I’ll bet it has never been photographer like this!!! Spectacular!

  • Kimberley Gifford

    Kimberley Gifford

    Your photos are amazing…so inspiring. I’ve only recently taken up photography and would love to take photos like this one day.

  • Ivor Tetteh-Lartey

    Ivor Tetteh-La...

    nice gentle shapes and texture

  • Momlee Bhattacharjee

    Momlee Bhattac...

    Wow I am floored! This is awesome and the colours/textures kinda drew me in. Great work!

  • Jen Whyte

    Jen Whyte

    Movement and colour – perfection

  • Annika Strömgren

    Annika Strömgren

    Wow, awesome shot!

  • Emma Anderson

    Emma Anderson

    I can see why it’s so popular, that is fantastic.

  • Naomi Mawson

    Naomi Mawson

    This image is amazing – it looks like a gentle dreamy red ocean. I will definitely put this location on the list for my next U.S. visit.

  • Globalphotos

    Globalphotos

    What amazing colours and texture, now this would be so great to see!!

  • tonilouise

    tonilouise

    ...WOW…

  • Andriy Portyanko

    Andriy Portyanko

    Great image Christophe! Looks almost unreal!

  • Siamesecat

    Siamesecat

    This is the most heavenly picture ever…

    I am in total AWE of this picture…
    Love it just Love it…

    Keep up the heavenly work.. Hugs from, Lillyana and cats.. aka Siamesecat and kittens…

  • Sharon Hammond

    Sharon Hammond

    Phwoar – how good is this. Luv the light & curves…& texture & colour.

  • TABI22

    TABI22

    wow awesome!

  • Madeline M.  Allen

    Madeline M. A...

    Beautiful!!

  • Debra Trean

    Debra Trean

    all of these are just breathtaking

  • Anni Morris

    Anni Morris

    Surreal with turkish delight colours, love the tranquil atmosphere of this picture,

  • Momlee Bhattacharjee

    Momlee Bhattac...

    Love the lighting. Stunning!!

  • Vincent Abbey

    Vincent Abbey

    incredible. Almost unreal. Fantastic!

  • Scott Ruhs

    Scott Ruhs

    Very cool smooth looking and nice lighting.

  • Patito49

    Patito49

    Great lines, great contrast… EXCELLENT capture!

  • EvaMcDermott

    EvaMcDermott

    The color, the form, the texture are extraordinary!

  • Leeo

    Leeo

    colours, textures, patterns light & shade….it’s got it all! I love it!

  • Kathie Nichols

    Kathie Nichols

    Stunning photography, beautifully taken!!

  • DawsonImages

    DawsonImages

    Beautiful light and color

  • memory

    memory

    Incredible !

  • dominiquelandau

    dominiquelandau

    really marvelous!!!!!!!!

  • mieclarke

    mieclarke

    gorgeous!.

  • Sam Mortimer

    Sam Mortimer

    absolutely incredibly amazing!!

  • Jennifer Woodward

    Jennifer Woodward

    Stunning!!!

  • Suni Pruett

    Suni Pruett

    I dont know if I have commented on this one before..I know that i have the others..but this is magnificent!

  • Hagen

    Hagen

    Wow

  • kimbaross

    kimbaross

    Superb.

  • Jellie

    Jellie

    I can understand why it is so well photographed. Truly stunning work.

  • Philip Wong

    Philip Wong

    Awesome shot, Christophe! Well done!

  • Steve Bulford

    Steve Bulford

    Wow…...............really beautiful image!!!!

  • JimWhitham

    JimWhitham

    Very, very beautiful image

  • SNik

    SNik

    ohmygod!

  • SNik

    SNik

    ohmygod!

  • Jing3011

    Jing3011

    Totally beautiful!

  • cathy savels

    cathy savels

    Wow! Your images are incredible! No wonder you’ve had soooo many comments. Took me ages to scroll to the bottom of the page! Excellent work.

  • Jacqueline  Rojo

    Jacqueline Rojo

    Makes a beautiful dynamic natural abstract. The lines and shapes created are unreal.

  • jerry  alcantara

    jerry alcantara

    wonderful image

  • photofanatic

    photofanatic

    great shot i have to go back to arizona! i missed this!

  • caroline (caux)-Evans

    caroline (caux...

    fantastic serie!

  • checkma8

    checkma8

    beauty work

  • whitetiger790

    whitetiger790

    I need to go to arizona!! I love the pictures!! Great Job!!

  • Hiroko

    Hiroko

    Too beautiful for words…

  • DWarren

    DWarren

    Simply spectacular! As with your other images, this belongs in National Geographic!

  • TheDigitalSoul

    TheDigitalSoul

    Amazing job…wow!

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind

    absolutely stunning !

  • LOVE

    LOVE

    I N C R E D I B L E !

  • Linda  Tenenbaum

    Linda Tenenbaum

    exquisite! Thanks for your kind comments !
    Linda

  • Carolyn Bishop

    Carolyn Bishop

    Awesome photos! WOW! I would love to go there!

  • LINDA ALTERN

    LINDA ALTERN

    THIS IS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT!

  • Diane

    Diane

    I didn’t think that was real when i first saw it! Incredible.

  • suelucat

    suelucat

    I’m without speech. Perfect photos

  • Shae

    Shae

    that is so beautiful!!

  • Peter Harrison

    Peter Harrison

    What a great place you have found! Thank you for showing it in a way befitting such a lovely area. Well done!

  • Chad  Bracken

    Chad Bracken

    You gotta love Antelope. It’s just too bad you can’t hike in and hike out at your leisure. Did you know a Navajo women who owned the land found this while searching for her goat? Can you imagine stumbling onto this? One of the best sites ever. Excellent light. Very soft image.

  • Johann Hurter

    Johann Hurter

    that’s why i say “hey man, nice shot!”

  • Ja11

    Ja11

    This picture is beautiful! all your shots in this series are great! I love the colors and lighting..

  • Henry Beeker

    Henry Beeker

    Real nice composition.

  • pentangled

    pentangled

    phew, it took a long scroll to get down here! and deservedly so, what an awe inspiring image! Great work :o)

  • graphit

    graphit

    superbe courbes que la la lumière enveloppe, à la limite de la photo et de la painture, c’est une image qui nous berce te nous fascine en même temps

  • zsmilessss

    zsmilessss

    Lovely, absolutely!

  • Craig Watson

    Craig Watson

    WOW… what more can be said apart from it being a dangerous place after heavy rain! Great shot!

  • Dragoncat

    Dragoncat

    WOW! It’s AMazing! I’m surpirised that in all my travels across america , I have never been to this place!!! It Does have a very good texture , and color too.. I think it’s an interesting shot , never saw anything like this before!!! you have a lot of other great shots like this one i can see!! good work!!

  • Glenda Remaklus

    Glenda Remaklus

    Exquisite. This would be awsome to see….....Beautiful work.

  • MhDkHr

    MhDkHr

    I see you like to work with strong colours ! Well, again great work with red & pink, so simple but so impressive!

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  • gaganjit

    gaganjit

    awesome work

  • AmySplash

    AmySplash

    beautiful lovely job

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

    Beautiful! I love it. :)

  • John Pitman

    John Pitman

    Magic lighting and colours. John

  • Phil Perkins

    Phil Perkins

    Beautiful…great photograph.

  • SueAnne

    SueAnne

    Just beautiful, I love how it just looks like liquid

  • Kelsi Doscher

    Kelsi Doscher

    your work is stunning!

  • Sue Nueckel

    Sue Nueckel

    Stunning!!!!!!!!!

  • Explosive

    Explosive

    bestest colours

  • cherrychica

    cherrychica

    omg my dad has the exact same picture its from antelope canyon as well he has alot of the pics u have from antelope canyon i just love the colors your pic is amazing

  • Blackgull

    Blackgull

    Beautiful

  • Limitlessonline

    Limitlessonline, 19 days ago

    Amazing image, love the texture and colours

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