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Saturday, September 8, 2012

BBC - Travel - Slideshow - Australia’s remote slot canyons

BBC - Travel - Slideshow - Australia’s remote slot canyons
 slot canyon, blue mountain, sydney, australia

AMAZING, INTERESTING & KNOWLEDGEABLE:    Waist deep in water

Just a few hours’ drive west of Sydney, Australia’s rugged Blue Mountain region is home to hundreds of slot canyons – deep fissures created by the erosive effects of water rushing through sandstone. Veteran guide John Robens (far left) leads a soggy team through a moss-covered passage in Claustral Canyon, so named for its claustrophobia-inducing passages. (Carsten Peter/National Geographic Stock)  

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