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Show 108 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE Photograph by Willis T. Lee THE TAPESTRY WALL OF THE DOME ROOM Many of the sheets of this stone drapery are translucent and less than an inch thick. Interesting effects may be obtained by placing lights back of the drapery in such a way as to bring out its varied color and texture. (For detail, see illustration, page 307.) had been many times. All ligbt available emanated from lanterns, so that what I saw at any one time was not an entire object, but the particular part of it that was illuminated. Thus, a familiar formation viewed from a new angle had a strange and unfamiliar aspect. On this principle it will be possible, by the use of skillfully placed lights, which are soon to be installed by tbe National Park Service, to produce a great variety of spectacular effects in a restricted area. (hie of the newly discovered chambers near Shinav's Wigwam was found when tbe surveyor's helper crept through a small hole in the wall of the Wigwam. The partition here is thin and a spectacular view, never before seen by human eye, opened to tbe astonished gaze of the venturesome assistant. This new chamber, which we named Avanyu's Retreat, after the wise serpent of Indian mythology, contains several pools, about which are grouped many at- |