Plaque outside the Pompeii sports complex.  It says the stadium was built for “perpetual use.” This seems a bit presumptuous.

Support beams at Square Tower.

There is something quixotic (oxymoronic?) about preserving ruins.  Especially sandstone ruins, patched with clay and mud, and built below large sandstone cliffs. Everything is moving. Everything is collapsing. The mesa is a great sand-filled wave, cresting in slow motion.  And if you sit still, you can watch it roll.

Below are some other attempts used by the park to stop entropy. A chain to hold back a giant rock and liquid nails.