The canyon starts like a small crack (a "rip in the earth", as the young shepherd said, who found it first), not suggesting what is below the ground
suddenly the crack gets steep, though still narrow. The top of the first metall staircase is visible here
this is the view backwards from the end of the first stair.
Note the change of the light; the direct sunlight makes the walls appear glowing,
while the indirectly lit walls are dark violet, almost bordeaux red (properly white balanced, everything becomes yellow, but that's not how it appears down there)
this one too shows the transition from the glowing orange-red to the violet
the canyon is so narrow at places, that it's difficult to get through; at the narrowest point the ground is so narrow, that even one foot can't be put down straight (it is difficult to make a picture in that situation)
at other places it is wide enough to make a party there
and the photographer is waiting for the arrival of the bride and the groom...
(photographers seem to hide behind every corner)
One more view with a panorama made out of eight individual images
There is a metal staircase close to the end of canyon. It can be used to enter the canyon, but its primary purpose is to give an escape route in case of a sudden flooding. This panorama is made out of four individual images
There are some openings close to the end
The top edges are sometimes very rugged,
it is not very inviting to jump in
One can see a metal box far away. There are several such boxes, containing ropes. The supervisors would throw down the ropes to help escape people, who did not leave fast enough, when a flooding was approaching
Getting closer to the beginning of the canyon, it is becoming narrower,
although it is quite wide here at the bottom
This panorama shows a larger part of the canyon; it is made out of 12 individual images
