USA - Utah, Arches National Park

WOW, an incredible series of pictures, Jaap !! Breathtakingly beautiful landscapes with marvelous colors !!! Thank you for sharing these beauties !!

...impressive with the PiPs...

Great natural architecture, I wonder that this arch still exists ;-) When I was there in 1996, two large rockfalls occurded the years before.

As far as a know this arch still exists.

Was doch die Natur für Formenreichtum zu schaffen in der Lage ist. Hochinteressante Fotos - alle.

Wau die sind aber allesamt Super schön !
Gruss Hansruedi

Danke schön für Deine Erläuterung!

Outstanding series Jaap.
Beauty in all PIPs.
Reamrquable and thank you for the note.

Gorgeous series!******

Beautiful shots

Wow! brilliant shot, great pov and nicely framed - superb PiPs.

Wonderful ! but where are the cowboys ? :-))

Beautiful photo, Jaap. We're planning to go there in the spring.

Great collection Jaap

Excellent collection of nicely captured images Japp

Well done.

Oh ! yes Another great collection here!! And such a wonderful information!

Best wishes
Füsun

Il est superbe ce pont, joli cadeau de dame nature.

I've been there in Utah's Arches National Park ... It's great !

Great composition. I love the colour contrast between the geological features and the sky. Cheers, Joe

Lindo agreste!

Fabulosa formación geológica.

Sooo beautiful!

Belle prise de vue sur ce paysage curieux et superbe !!

Darüber möchte ich einmal wandern!

Excellentes et surprenantes prises !!

A Fantastic place ti visit Jaap, wonderfully photographed and documented.

Wow ! That's great !

An extraordinary set of images Jaap. Brilliantly captured..!!

I was particularly amazed to find out the span of the arch in the main image..........it's really difficult to tell without something you know the size of in the shot. It's difficult to pick a favouritie as they're all superb, but for sheer surprise value, it has to be this main image..!!

You have certainly done justice to these wonders of nature Jaap. A fine collection indeed. Thanks for the interesting notes.

Excellente photo avec PIPS. Nicole.

a beautiful bizarre world

Fantastic and wonderful world of rocks!

Fabulous Images of Nature , Jaap!
Thanks also for the interesting information

*bounces around the room doing back flips*
YAYYYY!!!! *high five*
Oh Jaap!!!! These pictures are THROUGH THE ROOF! Oh my...they are just wonderful, each and every one. You got the character of Arches just perfectly. And the information you shared was fantastic and also tragic because I didn't know that any of the features had fallen. I'm so glad you got a picture before it fell. Of course this is the way things go, some day they will all be dust.

I also loved learning that there are SO MANY! To be honest, when I visited, I was with a tour group that went to most of the best national parks in the western US, but I didn't read about them beforehand. The incredible surprises staggered me, and both Bryce and Arches stood out as the overall winners for being most unique and mind-blowing to my young mind. I didn't read much about these places since, and so I had no idea there were over 2k arches to see!! It is incredible!

Sometime in the next year, Steve and I will be doing some traveling around the U.S. and I can hardly wait to share both of these incredible places with him, and finally to have a camera to take pictures myself! :)

Thank you so much for the glorious show. My day is complete. :)

spektakuläre Natur, sehr schöne Serie

A wonderful set of images Jaap, I suppose in time most will collapse is must be a soft stone to have eroded so much

Superbe !

Excelente !!!

What a spectacular series of images, Jaap! Fascinating background info too.

A great series.
A fantastic landscape. Enjoy the weekend, Jaap!

Superb series Jaap. Fabulous rock arches and landscapes.

prachtige serie Jaap

Very impressive view!
Have a nice weekend :-)

what a somptuous place and scape !

impressive rocks formations, great reportage !

Impressionnante paysage!

Super Image jaap love the pips
Regards TOZ.

super série sur cet endroit fantastique , mythique

Excellent!

Großartig!!!

Hi Jaap

Very nice collection, and great information too. It must have been a fantastic experience for you. Thanks for sharing. I will watch for more to come!

Best Wishes, and a good weekend.
Peter

Simply fantastic, Jaap!

Grandios! Faszinierende Naturdenkmäler!

Great captures, Jaap! Arches is another place that's worth some time--

Another place on my wish list to visit.

Fantastic view of this long Arch.

Wonderful shot and PiPs!
I would love to walk over the bridge but I bet it's strictly verboten!!

Yes you are right !!

:o)))

Great shots Jaap.
I have been there and can relate to your excellent pics.

Such a striking series of these amazing rock formation , Jaap!
Well, I wish I'd be there !!
Thank you for your so accurate and interesting informatio, wishing you a lovely weekend !

What impressive sandstone sculptures! Especially I like the arches of the main pic and PiP 2.

An iconic image from the zone . Really impressive.

W O W ! ! !

well presented

Ich wollte schon fragen, ob der Bogen begehbar ist. Schade um das prächtige Stück!

Superb (main image and PiPs).

Just a note for those of you who've expressed interest in actually crossing a natural bridge (or arch): The Gemini Bridges, which are a bit south of Moab (i.e., across US Route 191 from Arches National Park), are just off a dirt road that's accessible (usually) to high-clearance vehicles, or to mountain bikes. (They're also not on Canyonlands National Park.) We mountain-biked there in the mid-90s from the west, off UT Route 313 (The Dead Horse Point road), which has the advantage of being the downhill direction! As you might guess from the name, the arches occur as a twinned set several meters apart. They're much thicker than the ones Jaap has photographed here, so they're perfectly safe to walk on and over. They are nonetheless very spectacular even though their scale is not immediately obvious. Of course, back in those days we got no good pix. Check the Web both for good pix and for the route details.

Had a google, Steve. All very interesting and, like you, I visited many places in the past when I wasn't taking photos, much to my later regret!

Classic views and well taken!

wat ontzettend mooi daar he

an interesting photo documentation Jaap - but I wouldn't suggest to walk over this large stone brigde, Hubs

Eine fantastische Serie und sehr interessant !

Fantastic photos! ***********

Superbe série ! So beautiful ! :-)

WAOUhhh,... magnifique ouvrage de la Nature

Beautiful picture !

Thank you, Jaap van 't Veen, to show us these wonders of nature, it is barely believable what can make nature.

An amazing natural structure.