Park Avenue, Courthouse Towers Area, Arches

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These wonderful geological oddities may be as a result of movement of unstable strata which lies deep within the earth's crust. Further erosion is caused by wind and water, together with the weakening action of alternate freezing and thawing on delicate sandstone formations.

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Location: Arches National Park, Utah, North America
Photo credit: © DavidDent / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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