Thursday, September 16, 2010

Arches National Park

Located in East central Utah, Arches is on the northern edge of the Colorado Plateau, a massive area of uplifted land streching across 4 states.  The predominant characteristic of this uplift is the exposed reddish-orange rock layers that make up so many of the areas features.  Of course, in Arches National Park, there are a large variety of arch formations





The Arches come in many forms, shapes and sizes, but most are pretty massive formations.






















But Arches is much more than these famous structures, there are spectacular walls, spires, Balanced Rocks,







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