The World's Most Beautiful Places
Skyline Arch At Sunset – Arches National Park – Utah
The geologic Entrada sandstone layer that covers much of the park is ideal for creating natural arches over thousands and millions of years, through a combination of wind and water erosion, as well as the seasonal freeze and thaw cycle.
Located in the Devil’s Garden area of Arches, near Moab, UT
A gnarly branch of a dead Utah Juniper tree (Juniperus osteosperma), lying across the orange sand commonly found in Arches National Park, in Utah’s desert canyon region. Part of the Colorado Plateau region of the American Southwest.
Arches National Park is famous for its sandstone arches, which form from the Entrada Sandstone that lies across the park, and which is responsible for the sand seen here. More than 2000 arches exist in the park, and have formed over thousands and in some cases millions of years, due largely to wind, rain, and the freeze/thaw cycle during the year.
A view of a meander in the Colorado River east of Moab, near Red Cliff Lodge. Parriott Mesa and the Castle Valley can be seen in the distance. Parriot Mesa is named after Dale M. Parriott, who was a Moab settler, and owned a ranch house in Castle Valley. Moab is located in Utah’s red rock country, part of the Colorado Plateau region and gateway to Arches National Park, and Canyonlands.