This is where the Canyon becomes the Chasm

Because most of the fissure, that is, the Canyon and the Chasm are deep and narrow, they are always semi-dark and gloomy. Wherever possible, the already overcrowded Attland populace has succeeded in settling the Fissure, either by building on to the ledges, nooks and crannies, or simply building houses on the Fissure floor.

In most of the Chasm, flash photography is against the law. Flash can spook the wildlife, especially the tarsiers, and most dangerously, the troll (flying monkey) bats. Since the Fissure has over 50 million of them, the spooked bats might rush for the exit holes, or the person using flash, and cause harm to themselves or people. That is why the Canyon and the Chasm (especially) have been portrayed mostly in paintings.


above:this is ruins of an ancient temple that used to serve Nordic idols, and then Queen Linga. This is one of numerous transitions of Canyon to the Chasm. You can see here a northerner who entered the Canyon at this point, looking at the rather large bats (you can see why they are called troll bats). These are the only bat species that can stand up, especially before taking off.

River Glada is running through one of cracks in the rock behind the temple face.
Some of the ruins I hear have been settled for some time by gold diggers and bush silk harvesters.


Here is the Canyon at mid-day, at the point where it starts to narrow into the Chasm. Even though it is a canyon, the ere are already the stalactite and stalagmite formations. Further in the background and higher up you can see someone's home built into the rock face. On teh opposite wall there is an entrance to some form of a housing.

River Glada is a vary narrow stream, running to the right, almost obscured by the overhanging rock. This rare photo shows the typical look of an old deep lake that filled the Fissure. This is not a typical river-carved canyon.