11 Aug
Wall Arch Sunrise, Arches National Park
Posted in Landscape, Locations, Nature, Photography, Stock Photo, Utah by JimI was sad to learn this weekend that Wall Arch collapsed last week. This arch spanned 71 feet and was over 33 feet high. If you ever hiked through the fins in this area you’d know this arch was quite a sight to see. Due to the tight space in which it resided getting a full shot of the arch was always challenging. Arches National Park is a landscape in flux and in time all the arches there will eventually collapse. Geologic time is so slow by human standards that collapsing arches are rare. The last arch to lose portions of its structure was Landscape Arch in 1991. Let’s hope its sometime longer before any other arches seccumb to gravity.
Wall Arch Sunrise, Arches National Park
Wall Arch Collapses - U.S. National Park Service
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Richard Wong
on August 11 2008
I’m glad that you got to see this Jim. I skipped it when i went to Arches two years ago unfortuantely. Landscape Arch looks pretty thin so hopefully it sticks around for the rest of our lifetimes at least.
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