I Will Be There To Watch Over You
by Lucinda Walter
Title
I Will Be There To Watch Over You
Artist
Lucinda Walter
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digital Art, Fine Art, Textured Photography
Description
Eagle Rock watches over Spider Rock. Photograph taken in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona.
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Canyon de Chelly National Monument (/dəˈʃeɪ/ də�shā′) was established on April 1, 1931 as a unit of the National Park Service. It is located in northeastern Arizona within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation. Reflecting one of the longest continuously inhabited landscapes of North America, it preserves ruins of the early indigenous tribes that lived in the area, including the Ancient Pueblo Peoples (also called Anasazi) and Navajo. The monument covers 83,840 acres (131.0 sq mi; 339.3 km2) and encompasses the floors and rims of the three major canyons: de Chelly, del Muerto, and Monument. These canyons were cut by streams with headwaters in the Chuska mountains just to the east of the monument. None of the land is federally owned.[5] In 2009 Canyon de Chelly National Monument was recognized as one of the most-visited national monuments in the United States.[6] The name chelly (or Chelley) is a Spanish borrowing of the Navajo word Ts�yiʼ, which means "canyon" (literally "inside the rock" < ts� "rock" + -yiʼ "inside of, within"). The Navajo pronunciation is [ts�ɣiʔ]. The Spanish pronunciation of de Chelly [deˈtʃeʎi] was adapted into English, apparently through modelling after a French-like spelling pronunciation, and now English pronunciation: /dəˈʃeɪ/ də�shā′. Canyon de Chelly long served as a home for Navajo people before it was invaded by forces led by future New Mexico governor Lt. Antonio Narbona in 1805. In 1863 Col. Kit Carson sent troops to either end of the canyon to defeat the Navajo population within. The resulting devastation led to the surrender of the Navajos and their removal to Bosque Redondo, New Mexico.[7] Canyon de Chelly is entirely owned by the Navajo Tribal Trust of the Navajo Nation. It is the only National Park Service unit that is owned and cooperatively managed in this manner.[8][9] Approximately 40 Navajo families live in the park.[10] Access to the canyon floor is restricted, and visitors are allowed to travel in the canyons only when accompanied by a park ranger or an authorized Navajo guide.[11] The only exception to this rule is the White House Ruin Trail.
Most park visitors arrive by automobile and view Canyon de Chelly from the rim, following both North Rim Drive and South Rim Drive. Ancient ruins and geologic structures are visible, but in the distance, from turnoffs on each of these routes. Deep within the park is Mummy Cave. It features structures that have been built at various times in history. Tours of the canyon floor can be booked at the visitor center and at lodgings in the vicinity of the canyon. There is no fee to enter the canyon, apart from any charges imposed by tour guides.
Accommodations for visitors are located in the vicinity of the canyon, on the road leading to Chinle, which is the nearest town.
The National Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1970.[4]
The park's distinctive geologic feature, Spider Rock, is a sandstone spire that rises 750 feet (229 m) from the canyon floor at the junction of Canyon de Chelly and Monument Canyon. Spider Rock can be seen from South Rim Drive. It has served as the scene of a number of television commercials. According to traditional Navajo beliefs the taller of the two spires is the home of Spider Grandmother.[12]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_de_Chelly_National_Monument
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Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Janet Marie for the feature in the group "Beauty of Arizona" 6/26/2020 I'm honored.
Janet Marie
Congratulations! Your artwork has been featured on the Homepage of the “Beauty Of Arizona” Art Group for the week of Friday, (06/26/20). You are welcome to submit your artwork in the Group's discussion thread “2020 Thanks and Features Archive April-June." Thank you for sharing your artwork and being a member of the group. like/fave
Lucinda Walter replied:
Dear Janet, thank you very much for this feature in your amazing group. What an honor to have my work featured there. Thank you again. ❤
Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Jenny Revitz Soper for the feature in the group No Place Like Home 4/22/2020 I'm honored
Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Chance Kafka for the feature in the group Arizona 4/15/2020 I'm honored.
Jerry Bokowski
I love Canyon deChelly, Lucinda. Here I see Spider Rock among the vertical cliffs. Just beautiful.. Excellent and informative description as well.........fav/like
Rosemary Colyer
Your work is stunning, Lucinda! This is an amazing capture! Such a blessing to discover your galleries..Thank you Reynold..our mutual friend. L/F
Dawn Senior-Trask
Wow! Having lived there for 5 years as a teen, I've seen many images of Spider Rock, but never one from this vantage! Outstanding and gorgeous work! fav
Lucinda Walter replied:
Dawn, thank you very much for your wonderful comments. We were fortunate to be able to take a tour of this beautiful canyon and for a photographer I think I could take a photograph at every turn. I love this area of the canyon and the beautiful Spider Rock and Eagle Rock.
Deb Halloran
Lucinda, The desert has a beauty all its own and you have certainly captured some of it in this glorious image. Gorgeous...nicely done.v/f
Lucinda Walter replied:
Deb, thank you very much for your wonderful comments. Very much appreciated.
Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Bob and Nadine Johnston for the feature in the group Arizona - Artists 6/3/2015 I'm honored
Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Bob and Nadine Johnston for the feature in the group Arizona - State or National Parks and Monuments 6/3/2015 I'm honored
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