"The desert known today as Badiet Al-Tih offers the most probable answer to where the children of Israel were lost. Part of this limestone chain of mountains is the marvellous Coloured Canyon.
Mysterious, yet captivating as the rest of the peninsula, this colourful rock formation is literally a geological wonderland. Sandstone formations that mineralised and naturally stained through the ages make for the colourful walls, which reach as high as 80 metres in some parts.
The canyon itself is a water-eroded formation that zigzagged its way through the mountains. Twisted and narrow, the passageway is only one metre wide. When compared to the famous 1,200 metre Siq in Jordan, the canyon that leads to the Nabatean town of Petra, the Coloured Canyon is relatively shorter, averaging 700 metres."
Mysterious, yet captivating as the rest of the peninsula, this colourful rock formation is literally a geological wonderland. Sandstone formations that mineralised and naturally stained through the ages make for the colourful walls, which reach as high as 80 metres in some parts.
The canyon itself is a water-eroded formation that zigzagged its way through the mountains. Twisted and narrow, the passageway is only one metre wide. When compared to the famous 1,200 metre Siq in Jordan, the canyon that leads to the Nabatean town of Petra, the Coloured Canyon is relatively shorter, averaging 700 metres."
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