Windows in Time – Travel in Arches National Park
Thursday, June 18th, 2009Nature at its most forceful and fanciful – that’s Arches National Park in Utah. The effects of winds – and there are plentiful winds – and erosion have created the most unusual and spectacular geological displays.
Landscape Arch
From Moab, Utah, it is a fairly easy drive to the Park’s visitor center. Allow a very full morning or afternoon or even a day to visit the evocatively named formations. See “Courthouse Towers,” “ Parade of Elephants,” “Three Gossips” and the famous “Landscape Arch.” Landscape Arch looks likes it will fall down any time now, but it might take thousands of years. As recently as 1991, a large segment fell from Landscape Arch and the section left looks very close to fragmenting entirely.
Parade of Elephants