In the mid 1990s, I took a two week trip through Utah, visiting the National Parks, and taking many pictures in the process. One picture that ended up being my favorite, was that of the gorgeous Arch in Arches National Park. The one you see in every travel magazine, every web article about Arches National Park, you know the one.
Today, it is gone.
Wall Arch collapsed sometime late Monday or early Tuesday, a victim of erosion, and gravity. The iconic image is now something the generations of the future will only be able to see in pictures.
Wall Arch, 33 feet tall, and 71 feet across, was discovered in 1948, and was 12th in size among the park’s 2,000 arches. Its collapse is the first loss of a major arch since Landscape Arch fell in 1991.
Been there,
BUMMER!