Sad news from Moab. The tower known as The Cobra has fallen

[n2doc]

The Cobra, a famous climbing route and Fisher Tower classic, fell today near Moab, UT. It is believed that a big storm that had rolled through the area must have brought it down.



http://unofficialnetworks.com/2014/08/sad-news-from-moab-the-tower-known-as-the-cobra-has-fallen-before-and-after-photo

[randome]

1. It was cool-looking while it lasted.

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[rhett o rick]

2. Damn entropy. nm

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. If you blow up that one photo, it looks like there's a fat guy in a boyscout uniform peering out

from behind... (ok, ok, jk.)

[rock]

6. He looks more like a Bengal Lancer to me

You know with the bell-shaped helmet.

[TwilightGardener]

7. Maybe someone wiggled it...just a little bit...

[randome]

4. Isn't this one of the signs of the Apocalypse?

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[mackerel]

5. How long had The Cobra been there?

[blogslut]

10. Wikipedia sez

Those types of rock formations happened during the early Permian period - 300-250 million years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_Towers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutler_Formation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian

[calimary]

8. Damn.

Bummer. Hope it's not an omen...

[awoke_in_2003]

9. What did Obama do to prevent this?...