Place to see: Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Gunnison, Colorado, United States

Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Black Canyon of the Gunnison by Jessica Feis

Black Canyon of the Gunnison is located in southwestern Colorado. It is one of the steepest canyons in North America, and because it is so deep, very little light penetrates into the canyon, thus its name.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison

About this place:

Black Canyon of the Gunnison is located in southwestern Colorado. It is a canyon of the Gunnison River and one of the steepest canyons in North America. Because it is so deep, very little light penetrates into the canyon, thus its name.

Postcards about Black Canyon of the Gunnison:

  • Jessica Feis

    16 May 2008
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    Jessica Feis

    Standing on the rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, I felt mighty and powerful like a goddess as if I had created this wonder. The canyon is so steep and the opening so narrow in places that it seems more like a crack in the sidewalk than it feels like any other canyon. The green shades of the Gunnison River flowing through the bottom and the fact that very little light penetrates inside make it eerie and other-worldly as if one was glimpsing into the bowels of hell.

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Gunnison, Colorado, US

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