The famed Darwin's Arch in the Galapagos Islands has lost its top, and officials are blaming natural erosion of the stone.
The fall is surely due to exogenous processes such as weathering and erosion which are things that normally happen on our planet."
Informamos que hoy 17 de mayo, se reportó el colapso del Arco de Darwin, el atractivo puente natural ubicado a menos de un kilómetro de la isla principal Darwin, la más norte del archipiélago de #Galápagos.
📷Héctor Barrera pic.twitter.com/lBZJWNbgHg —@Ambiente_EcThe arch is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The unique flora and fauna on remote islands, some 1,000 kilometres off the coast of mainland Ecuador are famed in part for inspiring Charles Darwin's thoughts on evolution.
Source: CBC News May 18, 2021 20:15 UTC