August 18, 2013 - Horseshoe Bend

CaliforniaMama • Aug 18, 2013 3:03 pm
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via Planet Apex

"Horseshoe Bend is a meander of the Colorado River located about four miles southwest of Page in Arizona. Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River is one of the most precious jewels of the geological wonderland of the United States. This horseshoe-shaped meander is located five miles downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and 7 miles north of mile zero of the Grand Canyon.

"The dramatic vista of Horseshoe Bend in the Colorado River is a great example of an incised meander whose formation began millions of years ago. It formed as a result of tectonic movement that forced the land of southern Utah and northern Arizona up higher than the surrounding terrain. . . . "[/SIZE][/FONT]
BigV • Aug 18, 2013 4:57 pm
That is one wiiiide angle lens there.....





Very, very pretty.
SPUCK • Aug 19, 2013 7:05 am
Wow. Never seen the water NOT muddy.
Sundae • Aug 19, 2013 7:14 am
There's a stone in that shoe.
Lamplighter • Aug 19, 2013 10:14 am
SPUCK;873734 wrote:
Wow. Never seen the water NOT muddy.


It's just downstream from the Glen Canyon dam
Griff • Aug 19, 2013 8:03 pm
I read that Glenn Campbell dam.
CaliforniaMama • Aug 23, 2013 6:08 pm
Nature's biggest bundt pan.
SPUCK • Aug 24, 2013 7:14 am
Now we need a lot of batter and a solar flare.