Arches National Park: Here's everything you need to know about how those iconic natural stone arches got the way they did. Like many other unique geological phenomena, the creation of Arches National Park required a unique combination of geologic ingredients. We are lucky enough to live in a time in Earth's history where those ingredients have come together at just the right time for our viewing pleasure, but we should also remember the forces that created Arches National Park will eventually tear it down as well...
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Sources and Resources:
https://www.nps.gov/articles/arch-rock-stars.htm
https://www.nps.gov/arch/learn/nature/geologicformations.htm
https://www.nps.gov/arch/learn/nature/arches.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcD77dpZ03o
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Images and Music:
Storyblocks
NPS
Canyonlands Natural History Association
Michael Muller via NPS
Wikimedia Commons/Bob Palin
Warsitzka et al, 2015