Monument Valley - uphawu kuzwelonke United States

Monument Valley ngolwimi ongumqwebedu ube ziindawo eziphuma komhlaba - kwithafa kunye neentaba relict. Ihlebo lasungulwa ilula. Xa era Mesozoic kule ndawo ngaphakathi amanzi yolwandle yamandulo. Izigidi iimbaza otzhivaya ubomi yakhe emfutshane, ekhohlo emazantsi kweqokobhe, leyo ibonakala kwaye extruding, ibe iidiphozithi of lekalika kunye netshokhwe. Ekupheleni i Cretaceous kwesibhakabhaka ezisentlabathini yaqala ukuphakama, ulwandle amana. It yesuka ethafeni. Abanye bagqiba umoya libuna, imvula ilahla da lobushushu entlango kwemozulu. Ukufuma zihlanjiwe rocks kakhulu ethambileyo, kunye outcrops - umhlaba eqinileyo, ukuxhathisa ukumelana eziqalelo - wokubetha lethu kunye ichaza yayo engaqhelekanga.

Akukho nto Monument Valley alibize igama layo. Iliso lomntu ngokuchonga kwindawo kumazwe engamampunge yamatye iintlobo eziqhelekileyo, azithiye namagama zemibongo. "Sombrero", "mittens", "hen", "Oodade ezintathu" kunye namanye amaqela oqingqiweyo kutsala amawaka abakhenkethi. Noko ke, ukuze zifike kule ndawo emangalisayo kunzima. Le ibekwe kumda we-Arizona kunye Utah, esesiphelweni entlango. Oku kukhokelela emendweni kuphela, nto leyo ngemoto sixeko sikufuphi - Flagstaff - ukufumana malunga neeyure ezine.

Kodwa ke, nangona nokungafumaneki ndawo, ngaphandle utyelelo Monument Valley kwaye i-Grand Canyon akakwazi ukwenza naluphi na uhambo enye zabakhenkethi eUnited States. Kunzima ukukholelwa ukuba le-imi- 30 kwinkulungwane yokugqibela, lo mmandla waba kwikona esikhohlakeleyo lothixo elo, apho kuhlala kumhlaba Navajo isizwe. Umfiki ohlala White Harry Gaulding wathabatha ifoto namageduka waza waya nawo Hollywood, uze emva koko bangena enqanaweni mwonyo ukhokelwa Dzhona Forda. Ngoku, le ndawo - lo umqondiso wesizwe eUnited States. Ngaphandle nje kokuba apha yayidla films yehlelo (umzekelo, "Stagecoach", "Gold Mackenna kaThixo," "yiForrest Gamp"), iintaba landscape outlier na umzobo ngenxa yopapasho edumileyo «Marlboro».

Monument Valley - ligama IsiNgesi le ndawo. Sami Navajo AmaNdiya - abemi zomthonyama yasethafeni eliyinkqantosi - ebizwa ngakumbi bumbongorha: "Le isithuba phakathi ematyeni, apho kungekho mithi ikhula." Fantasy kwabemi abamhlophe yaye inzalelwane ngokungathi bekhuphisana, enika iliwa ngakumbi namagama ezimibalabala ngakumbi sonorous. Isigodi unako ukuhamba ngeenyawo, ngemoto, "ngokutsho cowboy" - on ihashe. Plateau intsalela - inxalenye enkulu Ipaki kaZwelonke, Grand Canyon, yaye xa umelwe kukuba apha, musa ukubonis kuphela olunye uhlolo Monument Valley.

Uyakwazi kukhwela kwencamu kwengxondorha lwaya enkulu engumnqantsa kuloliwe babatyeleli kunye inokubhabha phezu kwayo-moya encinane. Kukho ezinye amaqonga ezikhwankqisayo ukubukela: Indlela waseZulwini (iglasi ibhulorho phezu enzonzobileni ubunzulu 1220 m) okanye iqonga ngeglasi usisangqa Skywalk. Engasezantsi Monument Valley entlango mabhabhathane eliqingqiweyo, nto leyo ihlathi uvalo. Imithi eyavela emva Mesozoic, akabolanga kunye uvalo. Phakathi emakhonkcweni yonyaka zezi iziqu yamandulo drusen ebonakalayo amatye semiprecious eqalisiweyo nemithi crystallization. Kwaye xa sisiya entshonalanga amasalela bentili, ungafumana ukuya Bridge Rainbow - kwinqugwala ilitye macala ngokupheleleyo - naye yimveliso yemozulu.