The area around Page, AZ has a number of the most unique landscapes in the country, some of which are underground.  This is Lower Antelope Canyon. Access to the canyon requires squeezing through a very narrow slit in the earth at ground level and descending down steep metal ladders that are bolted to the canyon walls.

The colors are created from the reflected light of the sun as it bounces off the canyon walls producing a range of colors from bright orange to deep purple.

The canyon walls are carved by water which eventually drains into Lake Powell. Antelope Canyon is located just a few miles from Page on the Navajo reservation and consists of two parts, the Lower and the Upper.

For sunset today, we drove out to a remote area called Stud Horse Point which features several hoodoos that give the landscape an alien appearance.  The soft glow of reflected twilight brings out the colors in the sandstone and the sky in the photograph below shows the earth shadow created by the setting sun.