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Bluejohn Canyon (often mistakenly referred to as "Blue John Canyon") is a slot canyon in eastern Wayne County, Utah, United States. It is on BLM land just south of the boundary of the Horseshoe Canyon Unit of Canyonlands National Park. [1] [2]
On April 26, 2003, during a solo descent of Bluejohn Canyon in southeastern Utah, he dislodged a boulder, pinning his right wrist to the side of the canyon wall. After five days, he had to break his forearm, amputate it with a dull pocket knife to break free, make his way through the rest of the canyon, rappel down a 65-foot (20 m) drop, and ...
Blue John or Bluejohn may refer to: Blue John, Kentucky, United States; Blue John (mineral), a form of fluorite mined in Derbyshire, England; Blue John Cavern, a cavern in Castleton, Derbyshire where fluorite is mined; Bluejohn Canyon, a canyon in Utah, United States, site of the Aron Ralston accident; Blue John, an album by organist John Patton
Bowl made from Derbyshire Blue John, on display in Castleton Visitor Centre French candelabra crafted of Blue John, c. 1860. Blue John (also known as Derbyshire Spar) is a semi-precious mineral, a rare form of fluorite with bands of a purple-blue or yellowish colour.
127 Hours is a 2010 biographical psychological survival drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Danny Boyle.The film mainly stars James Franco, with Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, and Clémence Poésy appearing in brief supporting roles.
In the UK Blue John, or "Derbyshire Spar", is found only in Blue John Cavern and the nearby Treak Cliff Cavern.It is a type of banded fluorite.The most common explanation for the name is that it derives from the French bleu-jaune, meaning 'blue-yellow', but other derivations have been suggested.
The Rattlesnake Canyon area is home to the world's second-largest concentration of natural arches (after Arches National Park). [2] Mee Canyon contains a 300-foot (91 m) deep alcove that is accessible only by way of a difficult hiking trail which requires and scrambling over many exposed ledges. Knowles and Jones Canyons offer visitors a true ...
The Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869, led by American naturalist John Wesley Powell, was the first thorough cartographic and scientific investigation of long segments of the Green and Colorado rivers in the southwestern United States, including the first recorded passage of white men through the entirety of the Grand Canyon.