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A minor earthquake shook portions of northern Utah late Saturday morning, but there were no reports of damage.
Salt Lake’s oldest resident? Read more on the ancient pit home unearthed in a Salt Lake City suburb, Sandy.
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When utility company workers entered Dimple Dell Park in Sandy, Utah (a suburb of Salt Lake City), they were there to replace a gas pipeline. Instead, the Salt Lake Tribune’s Christopher Smart reports, they ended up uncovering evidence of a 1,500-year-old pit home that turned the park into an archaeological dig.
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David Roberts is a well-known mountaineer who made the first ascents of some of Alaska’s most challenging peaks. For his new book, The Lost World Of The Old Ones: Discoveries in The Ancient Southwest, he set off with a backpack to explore some of the remotest corners of the American Southwest. Rappelling down cliffs to reach ancient granaries, or stumbling across artifacts that have not been touched for 1,000 years, he follows the trail of long vanished peoples.
Give mom something special this year—show her an adventure in Utah’s beautiful backyard! Goosenecks State Park is easily accessible, and worth a visit.
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It might take a poet several weeks to come up with the perfect words to describe the view at Goosenecks State Park.
Bill Lund, one of our senior scientists here at the Utah Geological Survey, weighs in on the issues surrounding groundwater mining and its effects in Iron County.
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We can’t see aquifers, but these underground water reservoirs make life possible in the West. As we continue our series on Utah’s Uncertain Water Future, we explore the consequences of mining groundwater in Utah’s Cedar Valley.
Ever found yourself wondering if one day you’d be a fossil next to your favorite dinosaur in the museum? Smithsonian Magazine has some steps in this fun article of theirs to follow to achieve this global star status down the road.
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Have you ever found yourself standing in a museum, gazing up at the skeleton of a mighty T-Rex with envy and thought “one day, that’ll be me”? Becoming a fossil is a quick and effortless way to become a global superstar. But just how do you become one? Here are five simple ways to increase the chances that your bones could one day find a home next to a velociraptor.
Now that’s nothing to sneeze at!
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With his latest work, photographer John Fowler brings a whole new meaning to the term “navel gazing.” This mosaic image, captured in late April, showcases a unique landform sometimes known colloquially as the Cosmic Navel—essentially a giant sandy pothole in Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Needles District, Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Adam Hiscock; © 2014
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