Canon del Sumidero Photo

Photographer’s Note

Sumidero Canyon (Spanish: Cañón del Sumidero) is a canyon located about 40 km from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, capital of the Mexican state of Chiapas. Its cliffs are 900 meters above sea level and overlook the Grijalva River, which extends across the states of Chiapas and Tabasco and flows into the Gulf of Mexico. In its southern entrance, the canyon begins near the city of Chiapa de Corzo, and flows into the reservoir of the hydroelectric dam–Manuel Moreno Torres, best known as Chicoasén.

This canyon is a result of a geological fault during the Pleistocene. The canyon is regarded as an important tourist attraction in the state of Chiapas. The importance and cultural symbolism of Sumidero Canyon for Chiapans are so great that its silhouette is the base of the Coat of Arms of the state of Chiapas.

The Sumidero Canyon is home to a great variety of wildlife including crocodiles.

gelarsen, Buin, ved, MarianneS, emka, fulvio52 has marked this note useful

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Buin (37572) 2007-11-19 3:25

Hallo Silvio!
This is amazing - breathtaking! I never heard of this. Your picture shows this abyss in an impressive way and the dark left slope somehow emphasizes it's monumentality. In combination with your note a great contribution to TE!
Greetings from Germany, where it is snowing!
Frank

ved (10) 2007-11-19 4:25

nice composition, and a really good picture.

TFS
Ved

archimatica (13262) 2007-11-19 6:44

Impressionante canyon, sia per l'aspetto geografico, sia per... the great variety of wildlife including crocodiles.
E non sembra, almeno qui, neanche tanto facile risalire sulle sponde. Brrr. Almeno muta con coltellaccio addosso.
Bravo Jeppo!
Ciao

carlab (2087) 2007-11-20 4:16

che posto spettacolare! davvero è Messico? mi hai fatto venire un'idea...

Paolo (40700) 2007-11-20 9:54

Ciao Silvio, ottima foto, con colori molto belli e un'eccellent profondità di campo e una divisione della luce veramente suggestiva, con la parete a sinistra totalmente al buio e l'altra totalmente alla lue.
molto bella.
ciao

clnaef (6289) 2007-11-20 23:29

Bonjour,
Impressionnantes falaises. Il ne faut pas être claustrophobe pour passer par là.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

mikeo (12113) 2007-11-21 2:40

czesc Italiano!

Good composition, nice colours and good POV. Its seems to be an amazing place...

Good job!
Ciao!
Aga

PS. And even the photo is huge:) Great!

giorgimer (21116) 2007-11-22 12:50

Ciao Silvio,

bellissima! Mi piace l'impressionante senso delle dimensioni, enfatizzato dalla parete di destra illuminata

complimenti

Gio

gelarsen (437) 2007-11-26 17:54

Very nice capture of this geological wonder.
Gary

emka (21331) 2007-12-07 9:49

Hi Silvio,

Fine shot of Cañón del Sumidero. Here it is quite wide. Wonderful place. Have you seen crocodiles here? I saw only one young crocodile, but many birds
Ciao

Malgorzata

JonMelnick (171) 2008-02-09 12:35

great job of capturing the aweinspiring views. I was just there 3 weeks ago and was totally impresed.

jenofonte (882) 2008-04-05 15:29

Gracias por tu comentario y sobretodo por el esfuerzo de hacerlo en español(yo, no puedo intentarlo en italiano).
Hace un año estuve en el Cañon del Sumidero, tengo un monton de fotos y no he podido subir ninguna, porque no valen nada...
Es un lugar dificilisimo de retratar, y tu, lo has logrado.
Enhorabuena

fulvio52 (8314) 2009-03-10 5:14

Ciao, Silvio.
Vedo e concordo. Paesaggio fantastico, che assomiglia moltissimo alle 15 miglia di Colorado River che ci sono tra Glen Canyon Dam e Lee's Ferry. Posti cosi` equivalgono a una bomba di psilocibina, e non c'e` bisogno di magnarsi i funghetti! Buona giornata, a presto. Stammi bene,
Fulvio.