r/news • u/AudibleNod • 6h ago

Hawaii’s picturesque Hōlei Sea Arch collapses into the ocean

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hawaiis-picturesque-holei-sea-arch-collapses-ocean-rcna601241
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u/raknor88 6h ago

It sucks, but makes sense. Any natural formation like that will eventually fall. Especially along/in the ocean. Either a big storm or just enough tidal movement and erosion will bring it down.

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u/Mypopsecrets 6h ago

Would have been wild to see it happen

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u/angry-democrat 6h ago

I came here looking for a video. I can barely read.

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u/Hukthak 6h ago

And so castles made of sand… fall into the sea… eventually.

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u/Temporumdei 3h ago

Bwam wam woo.... bwa bwa wa woom wa woom

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u/Hukthak 2h ago

Guitar shredding intensifies

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u/strolpol 6h ago

A reminder no monument lasts forever

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u/Mast_Herb_8 6h ago

“Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”

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u/4tran13 5h ago

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far awa

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u/Tyrannofelis 4h ago

Even the pyiramids: one day they will be dust u_u

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u/susulaima 1h ago

REMEMBER ME! REMEMBER ME - Bender

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u/ArtAndCraftBeers 1h ago

“All we are is dust in the wind, dude.”

“Dust. Wind. Dude.”

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u/exitpursuedbybear 2h ago

In my life time alone an arch at arches national park collapsed and the old man of the mountain in New Hampshire collapsed and now this. These things lasted millennia and then I showed up.

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u/Hadrian23 6h ago

Check back when a new one forms in....checks watch ...I don't know how to calculate erosion...

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u/stuck_in_the_desert 5h ago

Well at least five minutes, if I had to put a lower limit on it

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u/ToastAndASideOfToast 5h ago

I can't wait that long

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u/yogdhir 3h ago

If you're reading this I've already forgotten about the Hōlei Sea Arch

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u/MrMoon5hine 3h ago

The what now?

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u/StrategicCarry 4h ago

Article said it was estimated to take about 500 years. So first we need a new lava flow

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u/Clunas 6h ago

Dang. We lost the Malta one a while back too :(

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u/SRMort 6h ago

Aaaaaaaaand it's gone.

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u/EinsteinsMind 6h ago

Only in "South America"

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u/t073 6h ago

Sad, one of the first trips with my wife and we have photos there. Had to double check it was the same one. Was one of our planned stops too.

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u/TminusTech 54m ago

On July 17 and 18, 2022, swells of 20 to 25 feet (6 to 8 m) driven by the remnants of Hurricane Darby struck the island's southern coast. A large piece of rock fell from the base of one of the arch's legs, and the park warned that the arch could fall at any time without warning.

I guess at one point you were even allowed to walk on it, but it was closed down as of 2020 because of how unstable it became.

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u/Haasts_Eagle 1h ago

I believe they call one of these collapse events a Hōlei Mōlei.

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u/No_Cucumber3978 6h ago

I know I joke a lot about film/real life on here a lot. It's probably a coping mechanism. 

But seriously, I'm sure I've seen this in a film. Like, I'm not even being a surreal realist here. That was definitely in a film. 

Was it in the Goonies or something? 

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u/20sinnh 6h ago

Goonies features the Oregon coast, mostly near Astoria. Haystack Rock and Cannon Beach.

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u/No_Cucumber3978 6h ago

Ahhh. I know what it is. 

It was that Lennon Snickers: An episode of fortunate re-imaginings with Robin Williams. 

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u/KnobbyDibbler 6h ago

Doesn't look like it was ever featured in a movie. It was a famous landmark so you may have seen it in nature documentaries or commercials though.

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u/No_Cucumber3978 6h ago

Hmmmm. Maybe it was a game. 🧐