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The arch is believed to have fallen when the park was temporarily closed during Tropical Storm Nolo last weekend.<\/p>\n
The park service said earthquakes during the 2018 K\u012blauea volcano eruption and summit collapse had damaged the cliffs near the arch.<\/p>\n
Its ultimate collapse marks “the latest transformation of the park’s remote and rugged coastline”.<\/p>\n
In January 2020, new cracks and instability in the cliffs led the park to close the original arch viewing area, and a few months later, a new viewing area opened at a safer distance, NPS said. <\/p>\n
Waves from a tropical storm later that year broke off a chunk of rock from the bottom of the arch. <\/p>\n
“This formation is beautiful, but temporary, and has a limited life span,” the park service said in 2021. “The sea arch will eventually crumble into the sea. However, others will replace it as the cliff slowly migrates inland.”<\/p>\n
Thousands of people have liked and commented on the NPS social media post about the arch’s collapse, including sharing their memories of visiting the arch and posting photos of it.<\/p>\n
“Nothing and no one is here forever,” one Facebook user commented. “Millions of years from now the sun will die. Appreciate the good, the beauty, now.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n