April 4, 2007 - Horseshoe Bend

Canon 5D, 24 - 105 mm f/4 IS @ 24 mm, f/11, 1/25 sec., ISO 200

Horseshoe Bend, of course, is on the Colorado River just outside Page, AZ near Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell. To get to the overlook, you have to walk about a mile through thick red sand (it's like beach sand, only red). Once you get there, it becomes a question of how far over the edge you want to stick your nose and your camera. It's not a place for people with vertigo. I know it scared the tar out of me. I got this picture by laying on my stomach and inching closer and closer to the edge, until I could clearly see the bottom directly below me.

Even if you're afraid of heights, it's a beautiful sight.