POTD November 14, 2013: Great Salt Lake, Tooele County, Utah
Great Salt Lake, Tooele County, Utah Photographer: Tom Dempster Solar evaporation pond at Great Salt Lake, Tooele County, Utah
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Many of you may already know the Utah Geological Survey has a Facebook page. Well, did you know that you could win a 2014 Calendar of Utah Geology by liking our page? Now you do! We’re giving away one of our gorgeous 2014 calendars to the 2,000th person to like our Facebook page! We appreciate all […]
POTD November 13, 2013: Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Juab County, Utah
Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Juab County, Utah. Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg Baked by the summer sun, clay on the floor of an ephemeral pond in Utah’s west desert produces an expanse of mud cracks. Such playas, or pans, are common throughout the Great Basin; many, like the Bonneville Salt Flats, are floored by saline […]
Grand Staircase book details monument's paleontological wonders
deseretnews.com A 656-page book chronicling the paleontological discoveries and success evidenced so far at Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has been published, even as new discoveries continue to unfold on a near daily basis. “I am here to emphasize that we are just getting started at the Grand Staircase,” said Alan Titus, the monument’s paleontologist. […]
POTD November 12, 2013: Sipapu Bridge, Natural Bridges National Monument, San Juan County, Utah.
Sipapu Bridge, Natural Bridges National Monument, San Juan County, Utah. Photographer: Tyler Knudsen
POTD November 11, 2013: Rainbow Bridge National Monument, San Juan County, Utah
Rainbow Bridge National Monument, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Mike Hylland Rainbow Bridge near Lake Powell, Rainbow Bridge National Monument, San Juan County, Utah.
POTD November 8, 2013: Horseshoe Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Emery County, Utah
Horseshoe Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Sonja Heuscher Stream erosion during uplift of the Colorado Plateau incised the Green River channel deep into the Triassic–Jurassic-age Wingate Sandstone and underlying Chinle Formation. At Bowknot Bend, the channel turns back on itself in a huge meander loop.
POTD November 7, 2013: Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Kane County, Utah.
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Kane County, Utah. Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg Large star dune in Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Kane County, Utah.
Grand Staircase Volume Published
The UGS’s Martha Hayden, Don DeBlieux, and Jim Kirkland with their complimentary copies of the volume. Following the 1996 establishment of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument (GSENM), paleontological research in this largely unstudied region of the nation accelerated at a remarkable pace, thanks to an infusion of research dollars from the federal government. Much of […]
Green River’s John Wesley Powell Museum traces history of Utah rivers
sltrib.com To those who have taken the time to explore Utah’s rivers, standing on the patio of the John Wesley Powell River History Museum and staring at the muddy waters of the Green River below brings back many feelings and emotions. Desolation Canyon, the Gates of Lodore, Split Mountain, Echo Park and the undammed Yampa […]
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