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Darwins Arch, a famous, photo-friendly rock formation in the remote Galápagos Islands, collapsed on Monday because of natural erosion, Ecuadorean officials said. The collapse of the natural archway in the Pacific Ocean, about 600 miles west of continental Ecuador, left a pile of rubble between two pillars.
The waters around the arch are known as a destination for divers, with tours from the main islands offering the opportunity to spot sharks, turtles, manta rays and dolphins. The arch was less than a mile from the uninhabited Darwin Island; both are named after Charles Darwin, the scientist whose study of species on the islands in 1835 influenced his theory of evolution and natural selection.
Monuments and islands everywhere are under threat of erosion, sometimes from the simple passage of time. But UNESCO, the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has warned that the Galápagos Islands are one of the worlds most vulnerable places to the effects of climate change.
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tenderfoot
(8,438 posts)abqtommy
(14,118 posts)humans are being reminded of who's really in charge here. Are we listening?
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)MineralMan
(146,330 posts)FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)I'm not making a joke, it's just geology. In most cases there isn't a photographer nearby to snap the before-and-after photos.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's so sad seeing all of these iconic places of natural beauty disappearing forever.
Malta's Azure Window:
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)The arch was brought down by the same forces that created it in the first place.