There is no way I could get far enough away to record the whole drop. Andy is at the top; we can see maybe a third of the drop. Some of those holes are birds' nests. Others are where rock badgers live.
There is no way I could get far enough away to record the whole drop. Andy is at the top; we can see maybe a third of the drop. Some of those holes are birds' nests. Others are where rock badgers live.
Comments
How did you even take this shot?
— Catherine Hovell
Yeah! I'm bummed my lens wasn't wide enough to capture the head of this canyon. Basically, there was this plateau, fairly gentle and rolling, with a small drainage. This is also where the road that our car drove on was. Anyway, we cross the drainage on the road (4x4 road anyway) and look to our right and there is a 270 ft cleft in the earth... probably no more than 50-100 feet wide. What is even more unusual / impressive is that the drop-off is undercut, rather severely, creating an ampitheatre / cave at the head of the canyon. Judging by distance, the road sat on solid ground but if you were to walk from the car toward the drainage, you'd actually be on a natural bridge spanning the canyon. Meredith commented that in geological time, this bridge's days were numbered. We just hoped it wouldn't be today. In this shot, I am on the opposite side of the canyon (on solid ground). The head of the canyon is not pictured to the left.
— John Hovell
Very cool!
— Catherine Hovell