Saturday, September 7, 2013

Arches National Park – driving in the park

 

Arches is one of the most unusual national parks in that it contains over 200 arches which are formed by water.

You get hit by the scenery as soon as you drive into the park. Very distinctive colour and formation of rocks

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Some of the formations have names. The one of the left is the gossips

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This one looks like it is a freshly baked loaf of bread straight from the tin

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Balanced rock

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Salt valley in the foreground with some interesting formations behind

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These guys didn't have names but how did they stay up there?

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Cathedral formation

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Park Avenue. Names by early visitors who thought the formations looked like a busy city street

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