Nature’s Game i.e. Arches National Park

The Park (as interpreted by Geologists) lies atop an underground salt bed that is basically responsible for the arches, spires, balanced rocks, sandstone fins and eroded monoliths of the sightseer’s Mecca. Thousands of feet thick in places, this salt bed was deposited across the Colorado Plateau 300 million years ago when a sea flowed into the region and eventually evaporated.

Water and ice, extreme temperatures, and underground salt movement are responsible for the sculptured rock scenery of Arches National Park. The 100 million years of erosion has created one of the world’s greatest densities of natural arches. Towering spires, pinnacles and balanced rocks – perched atop seemingly inadequate bases – vie with the arches as scenic spectacles here.

One is simply wonderstruck by nature’s game on this spot. Hats off to the U.S Department of the Interior who has meticulously planned its preservation and created a visitors’ center for the dissemination of information and running of the show in a fantastic manner. Other countries in South Asia can see its administration and learn a lot in preserving their countries’ treasure in a similar way and attract tourists in thousands.
(Visited by the author on September 19, 2010)