Posted on 08/10/2024 6:27:27 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
A frequently visited arch collapsed in Rock Creek Bay in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah, the National Park Service reported Friday in a news release.
The “Double Arch” geologic feature was also known by other names, including the “Toilet Bowl,” “Crescent Pool,” and “Hole in the Roof.”
NPS said no injuries were reported from the collapse, which happened on Thursday.
The Double Arch was formed from Navajo sandstone dating back about 190 million years. the news release said.
Since it was formed, the fine-grained sand feature has been subject to spalling and erosion caused by the onslaught of wind and rain. NPS said that water level changes and pounding waves are suspected of contributing to the arch’s collapse.
“This event serves as a reminder of our responsibility and need to protect the mineral resources surrounding Lake Powell,” Michelle Kerns, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area superintendent, said in the release.
“These features have a life span that can be influenced or damaged by manmade interventions.”
Glen Canyon NRA spreads out over 1.25 million acres in Arizona and Utah. It had more than 5.2 million recreational visitors in 2023 to enjoy popular attractions such as Lake Powell and Horseshoe Bend, which is on CNN Travel’s list of the world’s most beautiful places.
Collapses of strange, seemingly sturdy rock features popular with tourists do occur time to time. In Taiwan, the island’s famed Elephant Trunk Rock fell into the sea late last year.
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So, that rock is 190 million years old, but this is Man’s Fault?
Pshaw!
They shouldda reinfoced it with rebar ... /s
Kameltoes’ fault.
Ma Erf has voted....
Wait...the natural forces that formed the feature in the first place didn’t just stop?!
My take, someone sneakily destroyed it.
Despite the efforts of volunteers using fiberglass, steel, rebar, turnbuckles and chains it just couldn't defy gravity any longer.
Warranty?
It is incredible that natural events that took place over many thousands of years are somehow blamed on the left’s boogie-man, global warming. And their followers buy into it.
Bondo and duct tape could have saved it.
A few decades ago — before the global warming as an existential threat became a fad — this would have been blamed on secondhand smoke. Then again, perhaps secondhand smoke is a cause of global warming. (Frightened and irrational people are so controllable.)
Could’ve been an accident. Authorities should search the area for any empty shipping crates from the Acme Corporation.
So the natural erosion processes that formed it are to blame for it’s demise. Stop nature at once!
Everything dies eventually. Nature never stays the same, it’s always changing.
That’s really quite funny - such arches are unusual, because they have a natural tendency to collapse (no human influence required).
And search for a coyote with a large bump on his head from malfunctioning rockets impaling it though the arch.
All arches that form will fall. Every one of them. New ones are forming now. They will also fall.
There was an area north of Santa Cruz, CA called ‘Natural Bridges’
I blame gravity. It’s an unseen menace that brings us all down.
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