Saturday, April 2, 2011

My favorite Natural Bridges......

The Hazarchishma Natural Bridge is a beautiful and awe inspiring wonder ...but....
I am still partial to local attractions......



Rainbow Bridge




“Higher than the nation's capitol and nearly as long as a football field” describes Rainbow Bridge. It is the largest natural bridge in the world at 290 feet/88 meters tall and 270 feet/83 meters across. Rainbow Bridge is considered sacred by the Navajo culture as a symbol of deities responsible for creating clouds, rainbows and rain--the essence of life in the desert.



Sipapu Bridge




A Hopi term for the opening between worlds, the present name was given by William Douglas, who led a government survey party to the bridges in 1908, mapping the exact boundaries of the new national monument. Douglas thought that the ruins and rock art found in the area must be related to the Hopi people of northern Arizona.



Owachomo Bridge




Owachomo means rock mound in Hopi and is named after the rock formation on top of the southeast end of the bridge.

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