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Double Arch was formed differently from most of the arches in the park. It is what is known as a pothole arch, formed by water erosion from above rather than more typical erosion from the side. The larger opening has a span of 148 feet (45 m) and a height of 104 feet (32 m). [ 2 ]
A frequently visited arch collapsed in Rock Creek Bay in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah, the National Park Service reported Friday in a news release. ... The Double Arch was formed ...
The "Double Arch" at Glen National Recreation Area in Utah pictured before the Thursday, Aug. 8 collapse. Geologists say erosion of natural arches is inevitable
Double Arch, a frequently visited geologic feature in Glen Canyon’s Rock Creek Bay, gave way to the elements on Thursday, the National Park Service says. No one was injured as a result of the ...
Golden Cathedral. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (shortened to Glen Canyon NRA or GCNRA) is a national recreation area and conservation unit of the United States National Park Service that encompasses the area around Lake Powell and lower Cataract Canyon in Utah and Arizona, covering 1,254,429 acres (5,076.49 km 2) of mostly rugged high desert terrain.
Glen Canyon is a natural canyon carved by a 169.6-mile (272.9 km) length of the Colorado River, mostly in southeastern and south-central Utah, in the United States. Glen Canyon starts where Narrow Canyon ends, at the confluence of the Colorado River and the Dirty Devil River.
The popular arch in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area fell Thursday, and park rangers suspect changing water levels and erosion from waves in Lake Powell contributed to its demise.
Double Arch Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah: 190 million-year-old sandstone geological formation: Collapsed due to changing water levels and erosion: 9 August 2024 [1] [2] Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve: Butte County, California ~7,800-acre (3,200 ha) property owned and used for educational purposes by Chico State University