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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The famed Darwin’s Arch in the Galapagos Islands has lost its top, and officials are blaming natural erosion of the stone. Ecuador’s Environment Ministry reported the collapse on its Twitter feed on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Informamos que hoy 17 de mayo, se report\u00f3 el colapso del Arco de Darwin, el atractivo puente natural ubicado a menos de un kil\u00f3metro de la isla principal Darwin, la m\u00e1s norte del archipi\u00e9lago de #Gal\u00e1pagos. Este suceso ser\u00eda consecuencia de la erosi\u00f3n natural. <\/p>\n

?H\u00e9ctor Barrera pic.twitter.com\/lBZJWNbgHg<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The rock structure — 141 feet high, 230 feet long and 75feet wide — is about half a mile from Darwin Island and is a popular spot for scuba divers.<\/p>\n

The unique flora and fauna on remote islands, some 600 miles off the coast of mainland Ecuador are famed in part for inspiring Charles Darwin’s thoughts on evolution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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