The Jordan valley and Petra . possible to secure any views that would re-veal the actual beauties of the place. Then nocamera could be arranged to take in the wholeheight of the canyon. The photograph, page jj(Pharaohs Treasury from the gorge), is a fairsample of the effect produced by the winding sur-faces of the walls during fully seven tenths of thedistance through the gorge. Travellers have estimated the height of theseperpendicular side cliffs to be from two hundred toone thousand Heights, like distances, in thisclear desert air, are deceptive, but after many testsand observations
The Jordan valley and Petra . possible to secure any views that would re-veal the actual beauties of the place. Then nocamera could be arranged to take in the wholeheight of the canyon. The photograph, page jj(Pharaohs Treasury from the gorge), is a fairsample of the effect produced by the winding sur-faces of the walls during fully seven tenths of thedistance through the gorge. Travellers have estimated the height of theseperpendicular side cliffs to be from two hundred toone thousand Heights, like distances, in thisclear desert air, are deceptive, but after many testsand observations we are prepared to say that atplaces they are almost sheer for three hundred tofour hundred feet. This represents the canyonproper, for the rounded upper portions do not cutmuch figure under the circumstances. The face ofthe cliff at Pharaohs Treasury must be well up totwo hundred feet in height, and the masses abovethe Sik generally are higher, as we saw clearly 1 Hornstein, 1895: 80-200 feet. Stephens, 1837 : 500-1000 First View of the Treasury from the Gorge
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