Music Temple

Music Templeis a geological feature near theColorado RiverinGlen Canyon,southernUtah,on theNavajo Nation,United States, which consists of agrottowith high, vaulting walls and a deep central pool of water.

It was named byJohn Wesley Powellin 1869 because of its unusualacousticproperties: reportedly, a one-second note would reverberate for eleven seconds. It was considered one of the more beautiful natural formations of the area in the late 19th century and into the mid-20th century.

Music Temple is within the area that was inundated byLake Powell,formed by the construction ofGlen Canyon Dam.It was submerged by the mid-1960s as the lake filled. As the lake declined in contents over due to a long term drought, the feature is partially exposed.

Sources

• University of Utah