July 28, 2009 8:00 AM PDT

Road Trip pic of the day, 7/28: What and where is this?

by Daniel Terdiman
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Does this look familiar? Do you know what it is and where it's located? If so, you might win a prize in today's Road Trip picture of the day challenge.

(Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET)

Update (Wednesday, 9:37 a.m.): The answer is Landscape Arch, in Arches National Park, near Moab, Utah.

GRANBY, Colo.--When I saw this rock formation, during a Road Trip 2009 stop, I was captivated by it. It is graceful, elegant, yet looks quite fragile.

I'm sure a lot of you have had strong reactions to it too. And that's why I think today's Road Trip picture of the day challenge is going to be the easiest one of all. And while I usually want to give you something hard to solve, I thought I'd start the week off with an easy one.

If you are the first one to tell me by e-mail (daniel--dot--terdiman--at--cnet--dot--com) what this is called, and where it's located, you'll win a prize.

Good luck. Click here for the entire Road Trip 2009 package.

Daniel Terdiman is a staff writer at CNET News covering games, Net culture, and everything in between. E-mail Daniel.
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by SlimGem July 28, 2009 8:17 AM PDT
Arches National Park in Utah?
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by joe7pak July 28, 2009 8:22 AM PDT
Landscape Arch. Arches National Monument, Utah.
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by joe7pak July 28, 2009 8:24 AM PDT
I mean Arches National *Park*. Woopsies.
by jkaste1 July 28, 2009 9:49 AM PDT
Did You Know?
Landscape Arch is the longest Arch in Arches National Park, measuring 306 feet from base to base. In 1991, a massive slab of rock fell from its underside, resulting in an even thinner ribbon of rock.
by mjd420nova July 28, 2009 8:37 AM PDT
Arches National Park in Utah. A natural rock arch created by water eroding away the unlying rock.
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by Regulator7 July 28, 2009 8:50 AM PDT
Was that photo taken with your Nikon D5000? Did you blow out the color saturation on purpose? If so, how high do you have the color saturation set? Vivid + even more color saturation? I've not used the D5000, but the other Nikon DSLR's I've used are all a lot more conservative with their color saturation. Those colors are almost cartoonish. That's totally fine from an artistic standpoint, of course. I'm just curious if this was your intent or if the camera produced this level of saturation on its own.
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by rioro304 July 28, 2009 9:18 AM PDT
This is Landscape Arch in Arches National Park, UT - Just outside of Moab, UT. What a great place to play!!
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by rioro304 July 28, 2009 9:22 AM PDT
If you go all the way to the end of this hike to the Dark Angel you will see some of Southern Utah's great geological features. Take lot's of H20!!
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