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The research was funded by the Grant Agency of Charles University (GAUK No. 380511), Czech Science Foundation (GA CR No. 13-28040S), the research plan No. RVO 67958531 and MEYS grant LK21303. The research was also supported in part by the Hintze Fund at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.

Nature journal:

• Main text: http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2209.html
• Nature Geoscience Cover: http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v7/n8/covers
• Nature Geoscience Comment Paper by Chris Paola: http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2215.html
• Nature News: http://www.nature.com/news/sandstone-arches-form-under-their-own-stress-1.15590

Additional information:

• Locked sand disintegration movie by vesmir.cz: http://youtu.be/bRlw4J1ypgI

International news, English:

• BBC news: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28365410
• National Headlines: http://www.nationalheadlines.co.uk/secret-of-sandstone-shapes-revealed/413158/
• New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25922-vast-rock-arches-sculpt-themselves-out-of-sand.html#.U8y53f77vFV
• Science Now: http://news.sciencemag.org/earth/2014/07/what-keeps-stone-arches-falling-down
• ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/07/21/4048978.htm
• Live Science: http://www.livescience.com/46891-how-rock-sandstone-arches-form.html
• Locker Dome: http://lockerdome.com/6170360638868289/6811204187463700
• Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/geologists-reveal-the-master-sculptor-behind-the-worlds-dramatic-sandstone-formations-9618627.html
• HuffingtonPost: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/21/sandstone-arches-pressure-erosion-video_n_5605200.html?ir=Science
• Photonews: http://photonews.com.pk/sandstone-shapes-forged-gravity/
• FrenchTribune: http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1423148-sandstone-shapes-are-caused-gravity
• Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sandstone-arches-form-under-their-own-stress/
• Smithsonian: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-nature-carve-sandstone-pillars-arches-180952068/
• CBC, Canada: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/sandstone-arches-stabilized-by-stress-1.2713129
• Discovery News: http://news.discovery.com/earth/rocks-fossils/mystery-of-stone-arch-formation-may-be-solved-140721.htm
• Science News: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sandstone-structures-form-without-cement
• Red Orbit: http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113195311/sandstone-arches-and-gravity-0721114/
• Science Recorder: http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/gravity-is-the-michelangelo-behind-worlds-most-famous-sandstone-landmarks/
• Design Trend: http://www.designntrend.com/articles/16994/20140721/michelangelo-of-sandstone-monuments-found-to-be-gravity.htm
• UPI: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/07/21/Sandstone-pillars-and-arches-formed-by-stress-not-just-erosion/6701405969057/
• Nature World News: http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/8169/20140721/sandstone-arches-sculpted-wind.htm
• Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2014/0721/What-keeps-nature-s-sandstone-arches-from-falling-Oddly-it-s-gravity
• Yahoo News: http://news.yahoo.com/mysterious-natural-arches-form-133305581.html
• Int. Business Times: http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/559910/20140722/gravity-sandstone-landmark-shapes.htm#.U842mv77vFU
• Big News Network: http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/223997603
• Delhi Daily News, India: http://www.delhidailynews.com/news/Natural-arches-decoded-1406041794/
• Yottafire: http://yottafire.com/2014/07/gravity-together-with-erosion-led-to-formation-of-sandstone-arches/
• Viral Global News: http://www.viralglobalnews.com/science/sandstone-structures-shaped-stress-gravity/12579/
• Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/07/a-simple-explanation-for-awe-inspiring-sandstone-arches/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29
• news Tonight Africa, Zambia: http://newstonight.co.za/content/shapes-sandstone-due-gravity
• Mother Nature Network: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/how-natural-arches-form
• Guardian Liberty Voice:http://guardianlv.com/2014/07/sandstone-stands-up-under-pressure/
• Digital Journal: http://www.digitaljournal.com/science/stress-not-weather-erosion-architect-of-sandstone-formations/article/391524
• The Blaze: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/07/22/how-those-stunning-sandstone-arches-form-in-nature-its-probably-not-what-you-think/
• Ars technica: http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/07/a-simple-explanation-for-awe-inspiring-sandstone-arches/
• Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/22/gravity-plays-a-key-role-in-shaping-the-u-s-wests-sandstone-arches/
• Uncover Califorina: http://uncovercalifornia.com/content/2678-gravity-cause-unique-sandstone-formations
• Tech Times: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/11008/20140723/the-power-of-gravity-how-nature-holds-up-stone-arches.htm
• Science Recorder 2: http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/exclusive-naturally-occurring-arches-result-of-gravity/
• Rayhawk Review: http://rayhawkreview.com/gravity-together-with-erosion-led-to-formation-of-sandstone-arches/34169
• Unique Daily: http://uniquedaily.com/2014/07/sandstone-arches-form-under-their-own-stress/
• Josef Shomperlen: http://josefshomperlenblog.net/secret-of-sandstone-shapes-revealed/
• Paul Flick Blog: http://paulflickblog.net/secret-of-sandstone-shapes-revealed/
• VolcanoMadness, CZ: http://volcanomadness.blogspot.cz/2014/07/geology2-sandstone-shapes-forged-by.html
• Tingilinde: http://tingilinde.typepad.com/starstuff/2014/07/natural-arches.html
• OregonLive: http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2014/07/summer_adventures_in_utah_arch.html
• FreeNewsPos: http://www.freenewspos.com/news/article/c/1719755/today/sandstone-arches-stabilized-by-stress
• Naturphilosophie: http://www.naturphilosophie.co.uk/eroded-earth-forge-gravity/
• NaturStockImages: http://www.naturestockimages.com/nature-images-blog/2014/7/21/sandstone-arch-formation
• StudentScience: https://student.societyforscience.org/article/bracing-sand-sculptures-gravity
• CalAcademy: http://www.calacademy.org/sciencetoday/sandstone-formation/5516521/
• Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/23a1b7d6-1cfa-11e4-b4c7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3Dy6mpinM
• Wired: http://www.wired.com/2014/10/bryce-canyon-sandstone/

International news, other languages:

• Radio Australia, Indonesia: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/indonesian/2014-07-21/inilah-proses-terbentuknya-patung-bebatuan-alamiah/1345767
• Tribun News, Indonesia: http://www.tribunnews.com/australia-plus/2014/07/21/inilah-proses-terbentuknya-patung-bebatuan-alamiah
• ScinexxDe, Germany: http://www.scinexx.de/wissen-aktuell-17806-2014-07-21.html
• Rusplt, Russia: http://rusplt.ru/world/gornaya-samostiynost-11405.html
• Spiegel online, Germany: http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/wie-entstehen-sandsteinboegen-druck-und-erosion-ursache-der-entstehung-a-982124.html
• SpektrumDe, Germany: http://www.spektrum.de/alias/bilder-der-woche/der-wind-als-michelangelo/1301700
• Focus Online, Germany: http://www.focus.de/wissen/natur/selbstorganisation-vom-feinsten-studie-erklaert-entstehung-von-naturwundern_id_4005152.html
• RMF24, Poland: http://www.rmf24.pl/nauka/news-skalne-luki-powstaja-dzieki-grawitacji,nId,1472352
• Money PL, Poland: http://www.money.pl/gospodarka/wiadomosci/artykul/nacisk;i;erozja;rzezbia;luki;z;piaskowca,99,0,1585507.html
• Positime, Russia: http://positime.ru/who-makes-the-shape-of-the-sand/41663
• RT, Spain: http://actualidad.rt.com/ciencias/view/134668-secretos-monumentos-roca-arenisca
• Nature Asia, Japan: http://www.natureasia.com/ja-jp/research/highlight/9363
• YCWB, China: http://3c.ycwb.com/2014-07/22/content_7266282.htm
• 21 CN, China: http://it.21cn.com/discovery/a/2014/0722/08/27861167.shtml
• News China: http://news.022china.com/2014/07-22/61856_0.html
• Money, Poland: http://www.money.pl/gospodarka/wiadomosci/artykul/nacisk;i;erozja;rzezbia;luki;z;piaskowca,99,0,1585507.html
• Detik, Indonesia: http://news.detik.com/read/2014/07/21/142304/2643420/1513/inilah-proses-terbentuknya-patung-bebatuan-alamiah?9922032
• Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Switzerland: http://www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft/klima/die-natur-als-bildhauer-1.18348424
• Delfi, Estonia: http://forte.delfi.ee/news/maa/looduse-parimaks-skulptoriks-on-iseorganiseerumine.d?id=69401835
• Wirtualna Polska, Poland: http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1515,title,Nacisk-i-erozja-rzezbia-luki-z-piaskowca,wid,16772112,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=113211
• Tech.qq, China: http://tech.qq.com/a/20140722/010624.htm
• Tech 21, China: http://tech.21cbh.com/2014/qykj_722/1240954.html
• La Prensa, Peru: http://laprensa.pe/tecnologia-ciencia/noticia-monumentos-naturales-roca-fueron-esculpidos-gravedad-28894
• Prensa Latina, Cuba: http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&idioma=1&id=2929181&Itemid=1
• DN, Portugal: http://www.dn.pt/inicio/ciencia/interior.aspx?content_id=4040225
• Diario Registrado, Spain: http://www.diarioregistrado.com/tec-y-ciencia/97805-ahora-dicen-que-la-gravedad-es-la-que-esculpe-la-roca.html
• Techenet, Spain: http://www.techenet.com/2014/07/como-se-formam-os-arcos-e-pilares-de-arenito/
• Maxisciences, Spain: http://www.maxisciences.com/g%E9ologie/le-mystere-de-la-formation-des-arches-de-gres-enfin-resolu_art33107.html
• Morning post, China: http://www.morningpost.com.cn/2014/0723/37105.shtml
• Gazeta Shqip, Finland: http://gazeta-shqip.com/lajme/2014/07/24/misteri-nga-e-marrin-formen-shkembinjte-ranore/
• Focus, Italy: http://www.focus.it/ambiente/natura/archi-di-arenaria-ecco-come-si-formano
• CN Baike, China: http://www.cnbaike.org/bencandy.php?fid-42-id-30296-page-1.htm
• Xinhuanet, China: http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/tech/2014-07/25/c_126792426.htm
• Nauka w Polsce: http://www.naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news,401258,nacisk-i-erozja-rzezbia-luki-z-piaskowca.html
• DBW, China: http://it.dbw.cn/system/2014/07/25/055878183.shtml
• SDnews, China: http://yuedu.sdnews.com.cn/ws/201407/t20140725_1679674.html
• Centro Meteo Italiano, Italy: http://www.centrometeoitaliano.it/il-mistero-degli-archi-naturali-scoperto-come-si-formano-17644/
• Welt, Germany: http://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/article130634943/Wie-die-Natur-aus-Sandstein-riesige-Felsboegen-baut.html
• Kepu, China: http://kepu.youth.cn/2014/0731/304063.shtml
• Liberto, Italy: http://247.libero.it/bfocus/399435/onlinereg21008557/gli-archi-naturali-si-formano-per-sollecitazioni-interne/
• Gazetamendimi, Albania: http://gazetamendimi.com/nga-e-marrin-formen-shkembinjte-ranore/
• NZZ, Switzerland: http://www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft/bildstrecke/sandsteinskulpturen-1.18348455
• VietTimes, Austraila, in Vietnamese: http://www.viet-times.com.au/digital-life/khoa-hoc/1329497-bi-an-tao-nen-nhung-kiet-tac-da-tu-nhien?device=desktop
• LosAndes, Argentina: http://www.losandes.com.ar/article/los-arcos-de-arenisca-se-forman-por-su-propia-tension
• LaterCera, Spain: http://www.latercera.com/noticia/tendencias/2014/08/659-592759-9-la-gravedad-modelo-los-arcos-y-columnas-de-los-monumentos-de-arenisca.shtml
• EFE futuro, Spain: http://www.efefuturo.com/noticia/la-gravedad-modelo-los-arcos-y-columnas-de-los-monumentos-de-arenisca/
• Larazon, Spain: http://www.larazon.es/detalle_normal/noticias/7198337/la-gravedad-modelo-los-arcos-y-columnas-de-los-monumentos-de-arenisca
• Lavanguardia, Spain: http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20140824/54413969881/la-gravedad-modelo-los-arcos-y-columnas-de-los-monumentos-de-arenisca.html
• Blobic, Spain: http://blobic.com/entry/la-gravedad-modelo-los-arcos-y-columnas-de-los-monumentos-de-arenisca
• Radiobknes, Chile: http://radiobknes.cl/sitio/?p=63563
• LaInformacion, Spain: http://noticias.lainformacion.com/ciencia-y-tecnologia/ciencias-naturales/la-gravedad-modelo-los-arcos-y-columnas-de-los-monumentos-de-arenisca_XvfoPtAFO3uVbHeZMYHES2/
• LaRecherche, France: http://www.larecherche.fr/actualite/terre/gravite-eleve-arches-gres-01-10-2014-188586

Czech TV:

• CT1 Main News, 20.7.2014: http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ivysilani/1097181328-udalosti/214411000100721/obsah/339398-jak-vznikla-pravcicka-brana
• CT2 Studio 6, 21.7.2014: http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ivysilani/1096902795-studio-6/214411010110722-studio-6-ii/obsah/339659-tajemstvi-piskovcu-odhaleno
• CT2, 1.2.2015, 15:30-22:50: http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ivysilani/1095913550-nedej-se/214562248420024-geopark-cesky-raj
• CT2, 1.1.2018, 14:45-15:15: http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ivysilani/11302475540-brany

Czech radio:

• RadioJournal 21.7, http://www.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/priroda/_zprava/pravcicka-brana-vznikla-diky-tomu-ze-se-sama-zbavovala-zbytecne-vahy--1376318
• Radio.cz 21.7, 4:28-5:23, http://radio.cz/cz/rubrika/bulletin/denni-souhrn-zprav-2014-07-21
• Czech Radio Plus 22.7, 15:19-19:31: http://prehravac.rozhlas.cz/audio/3169907
• RadioJournal 29.7, 12:55-13:47: http://prehravac.rozhlas.cz/audio/3174660
• Radio.cz, in French: http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/faits/pravcicka-brana-de-nouvelles-lois-naturelles-devoilees-par-des-scientifiques-tcheques
• Radio.cz, in German: http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/forscher-erklaeren-entstehung-der-felsbruecke-prebischtor
• Radio.cz, in English: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/scientists-unlock-secret-of-pravcice-arch
• Czech Radio, Meteor, 2:44-10:26: http://prehravac.rozhlas.cz/audio/3199407

Czech news:

• Vesmir: http://casopis.vesmir.cz/clanek/vesmirne-leto
• Natur.Cuni: http://www.natur.cuni.cz/fakulta/aktuality/sila-ktera-tvaruje-piskovcova-mesta
• Lidovky: http://www.lidovky.cz/pondelni-ln-tajemstvi-pravcickych-bran-odhaleno-fuz-/media.aspx?c=A140720_215550_ln-media_sk#utm_source=sph.lidovky&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=app.ln
• Lidovky full: http://ceskapozice.lidovky.cz/uspech-ceske-vedy-tajemstvi-pravcickych-bran-odhaleno-ppo-/tema.aspx?c=A140721_160246_pozice-tema_kasa
• CeskeNoviny:http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/veda_a_technika/zpravy/pravcicka-brana-se-sama-zbavovala-vahy-a-tak-dle-vedcu-vznikla/1104223?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed
• Vesmir: http://vesmir.cz/2014/07/20/cesi-odhalili-tajemstvi-piskovce/
• Science World CZ: http://www.scienceworld.cz/aktuality/jak-vznikaji-piskovcove-skaly/
• Tyden: http://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/veda/priroda/dieta-skaly-vedci-odhalili-jak-vznikla-pravcicka-brana_313338.html#.U85NcLEufXc
• Akutalne.cz: http://zpravy.aktualne.cz/domaci/cesti-geologove-odhalili-tajemstvi-piskovcu/r~dbc9415611a311e48bf00025900fea04
• CAS: http://www.cas.cz/sd/novinky/oblast-I/140721-zahadna-sila-tvarujici-piskovcove-skaly-byla-odhalena-ceskymi-geology.html
• Denik.cz: http://www.denik.cz/zajimavosti/jak-vznikla-pravcicka-brana-vedci-to-zkoumali-20140724-xrmz.html
• Iforum cuni.cz: http://iforum.cuni.cz/IFORUM-15301.html
• EuroZpravy: http://cestovani.eurozpravy.cz/vylety/98184-jak-vznikla-unikatni-pravcicka-brana-chovala-se-inteligentne-tvrdi-vedci/
• Natur.Cuni2: http://www.natur.cuni.cz/fakulta/aktuality/uspech-ceskych-geologu-mel-obrovsky-mezinarodni-ohlas
• novinky.cz: http://www.novinky.cz/veda-skoly/343714-cesti-vedci-odhalili-tajemstvi-sily-tvarujici-piskovce.html
• 21 stoleti: http://21stoleti.cz/blog/2014/07/23/tajemstvi-piskovcovych-utvaru-odhaleno/
• CUNI: http://www.cuni.cz/UK-6128.html
• CUNI iforum: http://iforum.cuni.cz/IFORUM-15301.html
• radio.cz: http://radio.cz/cz/rubrika/panorama/vznik-pravcicke-brany-nebo-poznavani-dedicne-informace-psenice-dva-uspechy-ceskych-vedcu
• Abicko, AVCR: http://abicko.avcr.cz/sd/novinky/hlavni-stranka/news_1359.html
• CUNI iforum: http://iforum.cuni.cz/IFORUM-15335.html
• Abicko, AVCR: http://abicko.avcr.cz/2014/09/03/index.html
• Geomorfologie.eu: http://www.geomorfologie.eu/recenze