Two weeks ago my friends and I went to Blue Canyon inside
the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. I kept wondering why the area is
called "Blue Canyon" instead of "Red Canyon" because all of the
sandstones we had seen so far are red and white. Later the mystery
was solved when I returned to the same area with another Hopi man.
Actually last time I didn't go far enough. The real blue canyon
could be seen after we passed the red sandstones. Indeed, many
hikers and photographers made the same mistake. Before visiting
Blue Canyon I conducted extensive research and found that most
websites posted only the photos of the red sandstones in Blue
Canyon.
The pictures of the water pockets shown below were taken near the
old school of Blue Canyon, which was abandoned long time ago (more pictures below).
