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Name That Rock:
Have you been seeing things in the rocks? Some people have found a parade of elephants, a ham, a turret, spectacles, and the Garden of Eden.
Naturally eroded features of Arches National Park inspire the imagination of today's visitors just as they did in the 1920s and 1930s, when Arches was first mapped. The origin of many place names will never be known, but others can be traced to early miners, journalists, photographers, and former Arches superintendent Bates Wilson.
What tempts the human mind to find familiar shapes in the rocks? Is it a need to make sense of this weird jumbled landscape? Is it the joy of creativity or just pure playfulness? Whatever the reason, people have been seeing everything from the mundane to paradise in these landforms for around a century.
What creatures or objects do you see sculpted in the sandstone by water and time. Name your rock! |