Double Arches Collapse Utah

This photo shows the Double Arch, center, on Friday, a day after it collapsed in Rock Creek Bay of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah. Jacob E. Ohlson/National Park Service via Associated Press

PAGE, Ariz. — A large geological feature in southern Utah known as the “Double Arch,” the “Hole in the Roof” and sometimes the “Toilet Bowl” has collapsed, National Park Service officials said Friday. No injuries were reported.

Double Arches Collapse Utah

This undated photo shows the “Double Arch” prior to its collapse in Rock Creek Bay of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah. National Park Service via AP

The popular arch in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area fell Thursday, and park rangers suspect changing water levels and erosion from waves in Lake Powell contributed to its demise.

Michelle Kerns, superintendent of the recreation area that spans the border of Utah and Arizona, said the collapse serves as a reminder to protect the mineral resources that surround the lake.

“These features have a life span that can be influenced or damaged by manmade interventions,” she said in a statement.

The arch was formed from 190 million-year-old Navajo sandstone originating in the late Triassic to early Jurassic periods. The fine-grained sandstone has endured erosion from weather, wind and rain, the statement said.

The recreation area encompasses nearly 2,000 square miles and is popular among boaters and hikers.

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