USA - Nature - Canyon de Chelly National Monument

Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
Canyon de Chelly, AZ, USA
26.June 2007

Ruins of Antelope house bellow in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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26.06.2007
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Ruins of Antelope house bellow in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Ruins of Antelope house bellow in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located ne...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Ruins of Antelope house bellow in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Ruins of Antelope house bellow in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located ne...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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26.06.2007
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Ruins of House under the Rock below in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Ruins of House under the Rock below in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is locat...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Ruins of House under the Rock below in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Ruins of House under the Rock below in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is locat...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Ruins of House under the Rock below in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Ruins of House under the Rock below in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is locat...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Ruins of House under the Rock below in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Ruins of House under the Rock below in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is locat...

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Navajo drawing on trunk of a tree. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Navajo drawing on trunk of a tree. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, whic...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Ruins of Yucca Cave below in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Ruins of Yucca Cave below in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Ch...

26.06.2007
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Welcome table for Canyon de Chelly National Monument on entrance to National Monument. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Welcome table for Canyon de Chelly National Monument on entrance to National Monument. Labyrinth cal...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Cany...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Cany...

26.06.2007
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Spider rock is an 800 foot sandstone spire that rises from the canyon floor at the junction of Canyon de Chelly and Monument Canyon. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Spider rock is an 800 foot sandstone spire that rises from the canyon floor at the junction of Canyo...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Spider rock is an 800 foot sandstone spire that rises from the canyon floor at the junction of Canyon de Chelly and Monument Canyon. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Spider rock is an 800 foot sandstone spire that rises from the canyon floor at the junction of Canyo...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Spider rock is an 800 foot sandstone spire that rises from the canyon floor at the junction of Canyon de Chelly and Monument Canyon. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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26.06.2007
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Trail to White house ruins is about 1.5 miles long trail, where people can enter Canyon de Chelly without Navajo guide. It is winding down the slopes into 700 feet deep Canyon de Chelly. White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Trail to White house ruins is about 1.5 miles long trail, where people can enter Canyon de Chelly wi...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and oc...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and oc...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and oc...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and oc...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and oc...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and oc...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and oc...

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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and oc...

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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and oc...

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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and oc...

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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and oc...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and oc...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Trail to White house ruins is about 1.5 miles long trail, where people can enter Canyon de Chelly without Navajo guide. It is winding down the slopes into 700 feet deep Canyon de Chelly. White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Trail to White house ruins is about 1.5 miles long trail, where people can enter Canyon de Chelly wi...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Trail to White house ruins is about 1.5 miles long trail, where people can enter Canyon de Chelly without Navajo guide. It is winding down the slopes into 700 feet deep Canyon de Chelly. White house ruin below in Canyon de Chelly. White house was built by ancient Puebloan people and occupied around 1000 years ago. It is named for the long wall in the upper dwelling that is covered with white plaster. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Trail to White house ruins is about 1.5 miles long trail, where people can enter Canyon de Chelly wi...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Cany...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI
Ruins of Antelope house bellow in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located near Chinle, AZ, USA and is hiding numerous house ruins of Navajo Indians, which were settled in Canyon de Chelly. Labyrinth called Canyon de Chelly is really several canyons, which include Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto. At the mouth of the canyon the rock walls are only 30 feet high. Deeper into the canyons, to the east, the walls rise dramatically until they reach more than 1000 feet above the floor. The cliffs rise straight up, overshadowing the streams, cottonwoods, and small farms below. It has taken about two million years and volumes of water to etch these stone paths through the layers of sandstone and igneous rock as the Defiance Plateau pushed its way upward. Today the canyon still beckons us with its towering stone monoliths and ledges bearing the open windows of ancient people.
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Ruins of Antelope house bellow in Canyon de Chelly. Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located ne...

26.06.2007
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By: Primoz Jeroncic/PhotoSI