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Balanced Rock

October 29, 2008 |

It’s the size of three schoolbuses.

It weighs about at 3,577 tons! At 3,577 tons times 2,000 pounds per ton, that’s over 7,000,000 (seven million) pounds!

The rock formation to the right of Balanced Rock had a similar piece called Chip Off the Old Block. It fell off in winter 1975.

Arches National Park, Utah

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16 Comments so far

  1. nags on October 29, 2008 8:49 pm

    Hopefully there is no one standing around when it decides to fall!

  2. dee on October 29, 2008 9:02 pm

    beautiful pic bee.. im yet to go there in person…

  3. Manisha on October 29, 2008 9:23 pm

    I…couldn’t…resist…
    I…had…to…

  4. jayasree on October 29, 2008 9:26 pm

    Spectacular !!!

  5. cham on October 29, 2008 9:44 pm

    Stunning rock!

  6. Raaga on October 29, 2008 9:56 pm

    Reminds me of the hills around Hyderabad :)

  7. Purnima on October 29, 2008 10:21 pm

    Bee, the pics are stunning! 3 buses! Wow! [BTW- any idea who weighed these and how was this weight arrived at ;) All in jest]:D Over with my PJ.

  8. anjali on October 29, 2008 11:33 pm

    Bee Sahi hai!!

  9. sona on October 30, 2008 6:01 am

    Hi Bee…

    long long time….no need for me to say n ask..i def. know u guys n ur jugalbandhi is doin great great geeat!!!..i m just back after a longgg break, just to breathe some air into my almost dyin blog..just made a post ysday…not sure..when will be the next..

    anyways, warm regards,
    sona

  10. Soma on October 30, 2008 7:41 am

    WOW! Awesome!

  11. Rachna on October 30, 2008 10:05 am

    reminds me of the hills in south africa….

  12. revathi on October 30, 2008 11:29 am

    looks like dinosaur !

  13. cooldeep on October 30, 2008 1:42 pm

    Stunning pic!

  14. Ammini on October 30, 2008 1:53 pm

    Beautiful pictures. Are these natural formations or result of an ancient volcanic explosion?

    these are formations carved by wind and water.

  15. Elizabeth on November 10, 2008 2:11 pm

    I need to visit some of these places you guys post photos from. I should start making a list…

  16. Nate on November 24, 2008 2:19 pm

    I loved Utah! Next time I’d like to see Park City. It would be nice to go back. Utah Trips

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