Before getting to this weeks desktop, there's a couple of things I wanted to remind you about.  First, I've really gotten off on the updates after returning from this years trip West, but I'm working on getting back on track and hope to be there soon.  Second, the previous weeks wallpaper is always still available by clicking the preview to the left found on this page.  Enjoy!

Above is this weeks free desktop.  Back once again to a place which has been featured here many times, Arches National Park, but this time it's with a much sadness.  Located just a couple of miles outside Moab, UT, Arches NP showcases the amazing sculptured rock found here, with the main formations being, arches.  These wonders are formed by erosive actions (these mainly being frost, wind and seeping moisture) on the free standing sandstone fins and the process is on going, a fact in which nature reminded us of a few weeks back when one of the higher profile arches, Wall Arch, succumb to erosion's onslaught and fell.  You may have heard or read about this, the news hit me kind of hard as Wall Arch was one of those places I never really got a good shot of, it was a true "I'll get it next time".  That is no longer possible and it does remind of fleeting nature of the wonders often displayed here.  The best I can do now is offer one of my better failures, this June 2007 shot was taken just an hour or so before ending my trip west and heading home. Wall Arch was located right on the Devils Garden Trail (I'm standing on the trail taking this shot), just a few hundred feet passed Landscape Arch.  Aside from being a really beautiful arch, it also seemed to be a very popular and relaxing spot to take a break at before continuing further out where things get a bit tougher, there always seemed to be someone "taking five" (they're just out of frame to the left in this shot (; ).  The lost of Wall Arch will stay with me, and I find myself more determined to the endeavor of capturing these fragile marvels.  Arches National Park is a truly wonderful place to visit.  The sites and trails here really do add up to unique experience, one well worth your time and effort. 

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