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Balanced Rock

October 29, 2008 | 16 Comments

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

  1. nags says:
    October 29, 2008 at 8:49 pm

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

  2. dee says:
    October 29, 2008 at 9:02 pm

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

  3. Manisha says:
    October 29, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    I…couldn’t…resist…
    I…had…to…

  4. jayasree says:
    October 29, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    Spectacular !!!

  5. cham says:
    October 29, 2008 at 9:44 pm

    Stunning rock!

  6. Raaga says:
    October 29, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    Reminds me of the hills around Hyderabad :)

  7. Purnima says:
    October 29, 2008 at 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 says:
    October 29, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    Bee Sahi hai!!

  9. sona says:
    October 30, 2008 at 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 says:
    October 30, 2008 at 7:41 am

    WOW! Awesome!

  11. Rachna says:
    October 30, 2008 at 10:05 am

    reminds me of the hills in south africa….

  12. revathi says:
    October 30, 2008 at 11:29 am

    looks like dinosaur !

  13. cooldeep says:
    October 30, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    Stunning pic!

  14. Ammini says:
    October 30, 2008 at 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 says:
    November 10, 2008 at 2:11 pm

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

  16. Nate says:
    November 24, 2008 at 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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