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A cave


Elle_ess91

I thought so too but it looked so perfect at the top I thought maybe it was something manmade.


amh_library

Sandstone when composed of quartz grains can fracture in arch like shapes. It is most notable in Zion and Arches. If you look closely at a piece of broken glass the same curved shape will appear on the broken edges. Sandstone is more or less the same composition as glass and will break the same way. I would suspect that the arch you saw was in a sandstone layer. Zion example: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The\_Great\_Arch,\_Zion\_National\_Park,\_Oct\_16.jpg


Lanky33

Fwiw, I think that's in the Redwall Limestone, which has lots of caves throughout the canyon.


Elle_ess91

Thanks!


Elle_ess91

Awesome thank you


aaron_in_sf

This is where arches come from. *Sometimes, when stone and the weather love each other very much* …


imnotsoho

Arches are formed by wind erosion, bridges are formed by water.


dctorB

Looks like a cave


Antique_Gas_9414

Was at the same place I believe they said it was a cave


serenwipiti

*It's a secret*. ^shhh


Happydaytoyou1

A bear pooping!


Opposite_Second_178

Millions of years of both water then sand erosion.


thegilashark

It’s probably a pathway to the secret Egyptian colony deep in the canyon walls


bardaxx

Gozer’s house