Pine Park, Dixie National Forest, Washington County, Utah. Photographer: Tyler Knudsen Stone domes and minarets in relatively soft volcanic tuff shaped by wind and water.
Lost Canyon, Needles District, Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah. Photographer: Robert Blackett Backpackers traverse a “slick rock” rim of the Permianage Cedar Mesa Sandstone.
Maple Canyon, eastern San Pitch Mountains, Sanpete County, Utah. Photographer: Don Clark Cretaceous-age conglomerate deposited during a mountain-building episode 75 million years ago.
Check out this little clip documenting the installation of the new signage! Then come in and check out all of the publications available at the Utah Natural Resources Map & Bookstore Or take a look online: mapstore.utah.gov
Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen Juniper-covered siltstone ledges of the Torrey Member of the Triassic-age Moenkopi Formation (foreground) rise to a seemingly impenetrable wall of Triassic- to Jurassic- age Wingate (red vertical cliffs in middle of photo) and Navajo (white bluffs at top of cliff) Sandstones in Capitol Reef National […]
The UGS paleontology field program, Jim Kirkland, Don DeBlieux, and Scott Madsen, recently complete 2 weeks of field work at our Stike’s Quarry dinosaur site in eastern Utah. This spectacular site has been the subject of news reports earlier this summer and is the site where a episode of the Discovery Channel television show Dirty […]
Tabbys Peak in the Cedar Mountains, Tooele County, Utah. Photographer: Don Clark About 40 million years ago, magma intruded to form a large dike. While cooling, the magma shrank and fractured into a six-sided column pattern, resulting in the blocky appearance of the weathered andesite at Tabbys Peak in the Cedar Mountains, Tooele County.
Dinosaurs were significant tourists, back in the day. Some enjoyed the area so much, they decided to stay. A few of them were even known to throw their weight around! The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) has provided a treasure trove of dinosaur discoveries. Of the 39 new dinosaur discoveries worldwide, nine have come from […]
Mesas, buttes, and canyons in the east-central area of the San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah. Photographer: Tom Chidsey
Today’s photo comes from our Facebook user Dustin Garrett along with a question he asked some months ago. “Kodachrome Basin Lightning Strike – Is that indeed, what the lines are?” The lightning-shaped mineral veins are, sadly, not the result of actual lightning. They are most likely gypsum veins, which would have formed in the surrounding […]
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