Sandstone arch at southern Nevada park collapses

hosted ^ | May 29

[JoeProBono]

Park rangers said it appears Natural Arch was claimed by forces that will eventually destroy about 300 others in the park: gravity and erosion.

They said horseback riders notified them about the damage Wednesday, and no one has reported seeing it fall. While it's unclear exactly why and when the arch collapsed, there's no evidence of vandalism, rangers added.

"Maybe someone tried to take a picture on the rock, which we don't recommend.....

[Islander7]

I was sad when the "old man of the Mountains" in New Hampshire fell oll the side of the cliff.

Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes . . . .

[battousai]

"Maybe someone tried to take a picture on the rock, which we don't recommend, but there's nothing here that proves this was done on purpose,"

I don't get that, why shouldn't you take photos of it? Or do they mean people getting too close?

[battousai]

OK nevermind I just re-read it LOL, my bad, read ‘ON’ as ‘OF’ :)

nothing to see here carry on now... :P

[left that other site]

Painless as long as nobody was standing underneath when it happened! LOL

[eclecticEel]

I think it’s a quantum thing. If an observer observes the formation, the waveform collapses.

[dljordan]

Looks like an Elephant to me.

[Cyber Liberty]

Obama’s fault.

[mainsail that]

“was claimed by forces that will eventually destroy about 300 others in the park: gravity and erosion.”

Yet, Congress is just sitting there. Time to outlaw gravity and put pressure on the Senate to do the same!

[truth_seeker]

“I’ve always been told that given enough time the Rocky Mountains will eventually look like the ones here in the Eastern US.”

You mean the hills in the Eastern US, mistakenly called “mountains.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_elevation

[ken21]

no doubt,

due to

global stupidity.

[BwanaNdege]

“By the time humans first walked their slopes, the Appalachian mountains had worn down from prehistoric peaks over 16,000 ft (5,000 m) high to 6,500 ft (2,000 m) today. “

460 million years of erosion kinda does that to you.

I know that after three score & two, I ain’t of the same stature that I was at, say, 21...

[mass55th]

[Talisker]

I think it’s a quantum thing. If an observer observes the formation, the waveform collapses.

[BnBlFlag]

In the bottom picture, it looks like she’s trying to shoplift a 10 lb. roast between her legs!

[JoeProBono]

[FreeAtlanta]

2012 can’t come soon enough.

[Salamander]

Post-apocalypse SpongeBob Squarepants monument.

[Erasmus]

You must have stood out in the weather too long.

[Little Pig]

The appalaichans were actually closer in size to the Himalayas. The rockies are going to end up quite a bit smaller.

[Salamander]

The Appalachians are the oldest mountains in the world!
Show some respect for your elders, you young whippersnapper!