QUITO, Ecuador — Natural erosion has caused the top of an iconic landmark to collapse, Ecuadorian officials announced Monday.
According to The Associated Press, Ecuador’s Environment Ministry took to Facebook to share a photo of Darwin’s Arch, a rock structure in the Galapagos Islands, without its “natural bridge.”
Informamos que colapsó el emblemático Arco de Darwin Hoy 17 de mayo de 2021, se reportó el colapso del Arco de...
Posted by Ministerio del Ambiente y Agua de Ecuador on Monday, May 17, 2021
The new look of the 141-foot-tall formation took many residents by surprise, the AP reported.
“To know that it has changed was a bit of a shock,” Washington Tapia, the Galapagos Conservancy’s conservation director, told the news agency. “However, from a scientific point of view, it’s part of the natural process.”
Although Darwin’s Arch is a well-known scuba-diving destination, it is “not open for land visits,” according to the ministry’s Facebook post.
– The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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