Arches National Park: How the Desert Built 2,000 Stone Arches

A single slab of sandstone holding open a gap wide enough to fly a plane through — Landscape Arch is just one of more than 2,000 documented arches packed into one park in the Utah desert, the highest concentration found anywhere on Earth. This is the salt-and-erosion story behind that number, the tribal history and Cold War-era ranger who shaped how we see this place today, the icons worth building a day around, and the desert bighorn sheep holding on in a landscape that's only getting more crowded. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:04 Cold Open 00:27 Orientation 01:29 Origin Story 03:27 What Makes This Place Unique 05:58 The Icons 07:13 Wildlife Spotlight 07:53 Planning Your Visit 09:58 Hidden Gem / Did You Know 10:25 Conservation Note 11:29 Close Watch live Entrance Station: https://www.nps.gov/media/webcam/view... Plan your visit Official park page: https://www.nps.gov/arch/index.htm Campground reservations: https://www.recreation.gov/search?q=A... Current forecast: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick... Footage: NPS Multimedia Gallery (developer.nps.gov), public domain. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Subscribe so you don't miss the next one.