Photographs of Wall Arch before and after the collapse during the night of August 4, 2008. Image Source: NPS (This work is in the "public domain". Original image at http://www.nps.gov/arch/parknews/images/WallArch.jpg )Just saw the news that the Wall Arch collapsed today. A tragedy of the same scale in my mind as the collapse of the Old Man's Face in New Hampshire about 4 years ago. Wall Arch is located along the Devils Garden Trail and was 71 feet tall and about 33 feet wide. It was the 12th largest in size among the major arches inside the Arches National park. It was first reported and named Wall Arch by Lewis McKinney in 1948.
When a friend told me an arch collapsed in Utah, I first feared it may have been the Landscape Arch, which gave in partly a while ago. What a sad day for Utah and for nature lovers everywhere? I know they all have to go someday, but it just saddens me to see it go in my lifetime.
Complete story at:
1. Wall Arch fallen - Arches National Park, Paul Henderson, National Park Service
2. Iconic stone arch collapses in southern Utah park
3. Iconic Wall Arch collapses in southern Utah
4. Stone Arch collapses in Utah Park
5. Gravity, erosion rob Utah park of popular arch - CNN.com
6. Utah's Famous Wall Arch Collapses At Arches National Park
Please click on any of the sample photos below to view a lot of photos Utah and Monument Valley Photos blog at http://4wheeldriveutah.blogspot.com
East and West Mitten Buttes, Monument Valley. Spot the bus in the pic for perspective
Monument Valley - a Navajo Indian reservation that could not be made a national park because it's a Native Indian land - near Page, Arizona or Blanding, Utah
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