During our trip to Arches National Park, Utah back in May of 2008, we really hadn’t planned to be out this late while sightseeing. But since we were, we made the best of it. Not often can you see such pretty rock formations in the fading light of a beautiful sunset.
Arches is a U.S. National Park in eastern Utah. It’s adjacent to the Colorado River, 4 miles (6 km) north of Moab, UT and is home to over 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations. It contains the highest density of natural arches in the world. The park lies atop an underground evaporite layer or salt bed, which is the main cause of the formation of the arches, spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins, and eroded monoliths in the area.
It consists of 76,679 acres (119.811 sq mi) of high desert located in the Colorado Plateau. Its highest elevation is 5,653 feet at Elephant Butte, and its lowest elevation is 4,085 feet (1,245 m) at the visitor center. Forty-three arches are known to have collapsed since 1977. The park receives on average 10 inches of rain a year.
The scenery was spectacular…the sunsets even more so!
Mandy
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Looks beautiful. I’d love to go there. Sue x
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Before any of us do serious traveling…that darn virus has to be resolved. It is a serious problem…
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