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The Bureau of Land Management Utah Moab Field Office is seeking site stewards for several key dinosaur track sites.
POTD December 17, 2013: Middle Desert Overlook, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah
Photographer: Stefan Kirby
Eroding buttes of the Middle Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone and overlying Curtis Formation. Middle Desert Overlook, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County.
The hot molten rock beneath Yellowstone National Park is 2 ½ times larger than previously estimated, meaning the park’s supervolcano has the potential to erupt with a force about 2,000 times the size of Mount St. Helens, according to a new study.
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The rock slide in Rockville, Utah that killed two people has many wondering how did it happen and could it happen again.
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Utah Geological Survey experts said it is unclear when another rock slide could take place at the Rockville Bench Mesa in Rockville, but as the freeze-thaw season continues, residents may be at a larger risk than normal.
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Geologists with the Utah Geological Survey were quick on the scene of Thursday’s rock slide in Rockville that left two people dead.
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The bodies of two people killed when a massive boulder smashed into their home Thursday afternoon have been recovered.
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Sand. Sand as far as the eye could see. Sand that stretched from central Arizona to northern Wyoming and spilled into California and Nevada. Dunes as tall as 30 feet.
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