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Pravcicka Brana, Czech Republic

The Pravcicka Brana may have just been the most popular tourist attraction and most frequently traveled destination in the entire Czech Republic until it was closed off to the public in 1982. What caused this unfortunate closing-off? Well, there was no particular trigger, but the continuous presence of humans had accelerated the natural process of erosion, thereby almost destroying the grounds entirely. So basically, we're to blame, but we also kind of aren't.

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Given that erosion is just a fact of nature, it's really our desire to preserve this natural beauty that goes against the very nature of nature itself. How's that for deep?