Delicate Arch with a sunny halo

Delicate Arch is probably Utah's most famous landmark. It stands on the rim of a huge bowl-shaped depression. So we traveled down into the bowl in order to look back up at it. We noticed how brightly the sun was glowing behind the arch, plus the bright wispy clouds. This side of the arch was in shadow, but we were able to bring out the details in the editing process. Bob accidentally dropped a lens cap that rolled all the way down to the base of the bowl. It turned out it wasn't as difficult to follow the slope down as it looked at first glance. He was able to get the lens cap back.

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Delicate Arch from the rim of the sandstone amphitheater

A view of Delicate Arch on the side away from the trail that leads to it.  The trail to the arch is a 3 mile round trip that gains and loses 480 feet.

Delicate Arch is one of the most iconic natural rock spans in the world.  Many Utah license plates feature an image of this arch.

This is a free-standing arch perched on the rim of a sandstone amphitheater.  The opening is 64 feet high and 45 feet wide.  The Entrada Sandstone that makes up much of the outcrops of Arches National Park tends to form narrow fins of rock that are conducive to the formation of arches.

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