The Nationwide Park Service (NPS) introduced the collapse of Double Arch, a preferred geologic characteristic in Glen Canyon Nationwide Recreation Space, which spans throughout the Arizona/Utah border. Guests to the world additionally known as the spot “Bathroom Bowl”, “Crescent Pool”, and “Gap within the Roof”.
“Rangers have confirmed the collapse of a often visited arch in Rock Creek Bay in Glen Canyon Nationwide Recreation Space, Utah,” NPS stated in a press launch. There have been no accidents, fortunately.
NPS says 190-million-year-old Navajo sandstone fashioned the Double Arch, which has been eroding from wind and rain ever since formation. Consultants additionally recommend “altering water ranges and erosion from wave motion” contributed to the collapse of the arch.
Glen Canyon Nationwide Recreation Space is a well-liked place for outside recreation. Along with the Double Arch, different landmarks that guests come to see embody Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River. Greater than 5.2 million individuals visited final yr, making Glen Canyon Nationwide Recreation Space one among NPS’s hottest models.
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One open air lover, Janessa Zech, was amongst many who took to social media after the information broke to share her ideas. Zech and her household had visited the spot simply two weeks previous to the arch’s collapse.
See her tribute right here:
Did you get an opportunity to go to this landmark earlier than it collapsed?
