View E from Mummy Cave Overlook into Canyon del Muerto (Canyon of the Dead), Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona: Navajo planted field.

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View E from Mummy Cave Overlook into Canyon del Muerto (Canyon of the Dead), Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Navajo families live and farm (horses & sheep, corn, squash, pears & apples) in the canyon bottom between May and October. The canyon walls consist mainly of De Chelly Sandstone formed from dunes some 200 million years ago during the late Permian Period.

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Location: Canyon del Muerto, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Chinle, Apache County, Arizona, USA
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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