ARCHES NATIONAL PARK Photo Gallery by Tomasz Dziubinski

ARCHES NATIONAL PARK

Arches National Park is located in eastern Utah.
It is known for preserving over 2000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations.

The park is located just outside of Moab, Utah, and is 76,679 acres (31,031 ha) in area.
Its highest elevation is 5,653 feet (1,723 m) at Elephant Butte, and its lowest elevation is 4,085 feet (1,245 m).
Forty-three arches have collapsed due to erosion since 1970. The park receives 10 inches (250 mm) of rain a year on average.

The national park lies atop an underground evaporite layer or salt bed, which is the main cause of the formation of the arches, spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins, and eroded monoliths in the area.
This salt bed is thousands of feet thick in places, and was deposited in the Paradox Basin of the Colorado Plateau some 300 million years ago when a sea flowed into the region and eventually evaporated.
Over millions of years, the salt bed was covered with debris eroded from the Uncompahgre Uplift to the northeast.
During the Early Jurassic (about 210 Ma) desert conditions prevailed in the region and the vast Navajo Sandstone was deposited.
An additional sequence of stream laid and windblown sediments, the Entrada Sandstone (about 140 Ma), was deposited on top of the Navajo.
Over 5000 feet (1500 m) of younger sediments were deposited and have been mostly eroded away. Remnants of the cover exist in the area including exposures of the Cretaceous Mancos Shale.
The arches of the area are developed mostly within the Entrada formation.
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Delicate Arch	Turret Arch at Sunset	Park Avenue Trail
Salt Wash		The Skyline Arch at Sunset
		North And South Windows
	Devils Garden Trailhead
Turret Arch at Sunset		Delicate Arch

Balanced Rock
	North Window in the Evening	Salt Wash
	Turret Arch Late in the Evening	Salt Wash
		Three Gossips, Park Avenue Trail

	Delicate Arch Trail

Rob Oele		15-Jun-2013 17:26
Fantastic formations an colrs. V

frank_1112		11-Jun-2013 15:01
What a great gallery !!

joseantonio		30-May-2013 10:02
Spectacular place so nicely showed here.V

Marcia Rules		22-May-2013 02:09
a different and non-clichéd look; every one interprets differently---that is the whole point of photography ~V

Jean D		22-May-2013 00:27
A fine collection which brings back fond memories. Well done. ~V

Marcela Mejia Photography		21-May-2013 03:55
Great collection , all outstanding images Tomasz. V

Graeme		20-May-2013 09:53
This is a superb gallery with many beautiful scene from the arches national park, Tomasz. Well done! V

Bill Klein		20-May-2013 01:16
Superb gallery! V!

zyziza		11-May-2013 11:04
Fine place, fine shots! V

REYHAN		10-May-2013 05:52
Wonderful collection, amazing colors and scenes. V

Ken Duckert		08-May-2013 11:19
So much impact with each of these photos! Brilliant colors, wonderful clarity and detail and superb composition. Bravo Tomasz!

woody34		07-May-2013 03:24
An amazing collection, wonderful colours and details...perfect..V

Helen Betts		06-May-2013 19:23
Outstanding, brilliantly colored and composed gallery, Tomasz. V.

danad		06-May-2013 11:23
A great gallery ! Wonderful landscapes catch in beautiful tones and lights. BV !

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		05-May-2013 17:52
Wow! This looks awesome!. Perfectly done. V Paolo

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