Huge Natural Stone Arch Discovered

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Date: 30 March 2011 Time: 11:36 AM ET




A massive stone archway, one of the largest natural bridges in the world, has been discovered in a remote corner of Afghanistan.

The dramatic arch spans more than 210 feet (64 meters), edging out Utah's Outlaw Arch in Dinosaur National Monument to become the 12th-largest arch on Earth.

The recently discovered Hazarchishma Natural Bridge is also nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) above sea level, making it one of the highest large natural bridges in the world.

Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society stumbled across the geological colossus in late 2010 while conducting wildlife surveys along Afghanistan's Bamyan plateau, home to ibex and urial wild sheep.

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[Quantess]

1. There's no way this was "just discovered".

Humans from a bygone era, maybe several thousand years ago, had already found it. You just know it.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Kinda like Jim Bridger discovering Yellowstone.

I always wondered howzcome the Indians never noticed all that boiling water belching out of the ground.

[applegrove]

3. I'm sure there is a lot Afghanistan will reveal to the world in the years to come.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Oh, that is so beautiful...

[kenny blankenship]

5. I knew we must be there for some reason

[dgibby]

6. A little smaller,perhaps, but much closer to home.

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