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Arches National Park
near Moab, Utah
December 2015
EOS 1v - Ilford Delta 100
Arches National Park - Dec 2015 by Paul Sager, on Flickr
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Arches National Park has the densest concentration of natural stone arches in the world. There are over 2,000 documented arches in the park, ranging from sliver-thin cracks to spans greater than 300 feet. None of these images show the famed arches of the park's name. Rather, these images feature the isolated sandstone monoliths around Courthouse Towers between the park entrance and the Balanced Rock.
Arches National Park - Dec 2015
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Sandstone is made of grains of sand cemented together by minerals, but not all sandstone is the same. The most dominant rock layers at Arches date to the Jurassic period, about 144- to 208-million years in age. The story of Arches National Park began in earnest roughly 65 million years ago when geologic forces began to wrinkle and fold the buried sandstone, then located thousands of feet below a dry sea bed that covered the entire area.
Arches National Park - Dec 2015
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As the sandstone warped, fractures tore through it, establishing the patterns for rock sculptures of the future. Next, the entire region began to rise, climbing from sea level to thousands of feet in elevation. The forces of erosion carved layer after layer of rock away. Once exposed, deeply buried sandstone layers rebounded and expanded, like a sponge expands after it's squeezed. This created even more fractures, each one a pathway for water to seep into the rock and further break it down.
Arches National Park - Dec 2015
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Images shared in this post are scanned negatives from Ilford Delta 100 and a variety of Canon EF lenses mounted to an EOS 1v. The JPEG files were processed more in Adobe Lightroom v6. I recently performed an audit of my film scans and discovered this roll had never been processed. Although the camera, film type and shooting date are known, I don't have the lens and exposure data, lost in the sands of time.
Arches National Park - Dec 2015
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Balanced Rock, in distance on left side, below, is a massive sandstone boulder perched atop a pedestal and estimated to weigh 3,577 tons. That's the weight of an icebreaker ship or approximately 27 blue whales.
Arches National Park - Dec 2015
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Today, water shapes this environment more than any other force. Rain erodes the rock and carries sediment down washes and canyons to the Colorado River.
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The B&W brings out the fine details in the images. Another fine set Paul. Thanks for sharing.