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Ajay Shekhawat: Pictures from November 10, 2003 (11 pictures)



Good morning! Another day dawns, and finds our fearless traveler heading into Arches National Park near Moab, UT. In the background, you can see the town of Moab (the road is Hwy 191, which you take from I-70 to get to Moab).
La Sal mountains near the Arches NP. (Well, 'near' is a relative term out there).
'Park Avenue', which is a valley about 1mi long, lined by these tall pillar formations.
One of the many arches at Arches NP. Note the person in the picture, to get a feel for size of this arch.
The most famous one of them all, the 'delicate arch', seen from the lower viewing point. It is about a couple of miles from where this pic was taken.
After hiking about 2 miles (and uphill), we reach the Delicate Arch.
Another shot of the Delicate Arch. It was very windy that day, and one woman nearly got blown off the place where I was standing.
It was quite windy, and one of the tourists (she's the one taking my photo) nearly got blown off the ridge! The wind caused jitter, resulting in a slightly blurred photo.
Delicate Arch, from another vantage point. The sizes of the people can help put it in perspective.
The whole 'bowl' area where the arch is located.
The 'Landscape Arch'. At one time, you could go and sit under the arch. Then, in 1994, a large chunk of the arch fell from the right side. That convinced the management to stop people from getting any closer (since the prospect of getting crushed under tons of rock never seems to deter anyone). Look at how slender it is; it's bound to collapse one of these days. Murphy's law says that it'll collapse when there are a large number of people underneath it. So, to keep the arch up, access to it is banned.


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