Where Eagles Fly : Dancing Rock ~ Flying Among the Lukachukai Mountains

Located between the very remote Round Rock and Rock Point, Arizona, is an area known as the Standing Red Rocks . The First Nations Diné call this place "Tsélichii 'Ií'áhí".  

The largest one of these is Dancing Rock (also locally called "The  Whale"). This is the sacred site of an annual  "Yé'ii Bicheii Dances", held alternately at the east, the south, the west, and the north side of the butte.

In this image Dancing Rock stands alone near the sand dunes in the Chinle Valley below the Carson Mesa, which has long, straight wind-blown sand tracks scoured across its surface. 

In the following image, finger-like mesas and deep, steep-walled canyons combine to form very rugged topography. Except for the higher mountain slopes above the heads of the canyons, rock exposures are excellent and fairly continuous, though in many places inaccessible. These finger-like mesas are not true mesas and bear such descriptive names at Two Prong, Camp, Cisco, Three Point, Knife Edge, Bare Rock,  Flag, Step, Fall Down, and Thirsty. Dancing Rock lays on the top right of the image.

This is the First Nations Diné  (Navajo) Reservation located in Northwestern New Mexico near the mystical Four Corners. 

Go here to read the full post from my project "Where Eagles Fly" about this wondrous mystical place near the Four Corners area of New Mexico. 

About The Project

Where Eagles Fly - The American Wilderness Expedition is my personal mission to introduce people to these amazing locations that surround us. I am piloting a bush plane while exploring and filming throughout the remote back-country areas of North America to raise awareness of the 47% of the USA and 90% of Canada that remain unpopulated wilderness.

About The Author

My name is Zedekiah Morse and I'm a Bush Pilot, Photographer, Explorerand Filmmaker. I live in the Rocky Mountains and devote my time and resources to exploring as much of the world as I can by air.

If you wish to watch a short film detailing how I do my work and this project, go here.

I Thank you for your support and Yehaw!!