LPL Canyon de Chelly National Park Trip, Day 2

	After we crossed over into the Navajo Indian Reservation we noted that the Navajo don't believe in keeping their horses tied up.
	Another shot of the free-roaming horses.
	The horses headed for the road . . . Luckily the road is straight as you can see so I guess people have enough time to not hit them.
	The "White House" ruin, as viewed from the top of the canyon wall.
	My officemate Dave O'brien backlit against the Canyon.
	On the way down to the White House Ruin, LPLers at bottom, and a big drop on the lens . . . The orange rock that the canyon is built into is a hellacool sandstone. A few hundred million years ago this area was nearer to the equator, and had a climate similar to the present-day Sahara. As the layers of sand pile on top of one another, the pressure of the layers above turns the lower layers to rock.
	The rock retains a windswept look because it remembers the directions the sand dunes were oriented in at the time of its formation. Hence the local prevailing wind direction can be deduced, as can its change over time.
	In attempting to turn this into a mosaic I was ingloriously reminded that such is impossible without the same exposure times for each image . . .
	Spider Rock behind Peter SMith (left) and Jim Rice.