Bridge-rainbow: a sculpture made of stone
One of the greatest wonders of the world - a great bridge of pink
sandstone, where the action unfolds Indian legends, bent over
rocky plain of southern Utah, like a rainbow turned to stone.
Paiute and Navajo Indians, who inhabited the southern part of Utah, legends about the mysterious "rainbow stone"
but the exact location of this
a huge stone arches, repeating the shape and colors of the rainbow
heaven, it was known only to few. Intrigued by the stories of the
This miracle, which is located somewhere near the mountains of the Navajo, three
daredevils in 1909 went through the desert and winding canyons in search of him.
Having the most formidable of North America,
they saw a huge rainbow arch-.
Opened spectacle aroused awe riders delight.
Arch in exactly the same as a real rainbow, not only in form but also in colors.
Under clear skies generally clear pinkish stone looked like a dark purple, in
light sunset sun streak his veins seemed
reddish-brown.
This sleek, length 94 m of sandstone bridge - the largest and
a perfect natural formation of this type. It connects the slopes
Canyon width 85m. His height - 88 m from the base to the highest
point - a little exceeds the height Ivan the Great Bell Tower
in the Kremlin, the thickness of the stone - 13 m, width - 10 m, sufficient for
accommodate two-lane highway. Unprecedented size and beauty of the "rainbow" led the U.S. President
Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed it the greatest miracle of nature.
Soaring off a cliff, with whom she was once a single entity, a powerful
arch flies over a narrow ribbon of the river Bridge Creek. For thousands of years of water and abrasive sediment undermined and washed
foundation stone blocks, until it shall not remain only this air
Arch. A polished stone sculpture resulting wind.
For the Navajo Bridge Rainbow - a sacred place, and archaeological
findings suggest that once flocked here numerous
Pilgrims. However, the passage of this miracle of light, hidden in a narrow
canyon, so difficult that when the first batch of whites reached
before him, it became clear why the precise location of this
marvelous creations of nature knew only a few of the local Indians.
In 1910, the arch has been declared a national treasure, but access
it was discovered only in 1963 with the construction of the dam Glen Canyon.
Formed as a result of Lake Powell raised the water level in
Colorado River: 20 km instead of the dangerous paths visitors have easy water crossings.
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