POTD July 14, 2015: Washington County, Utah
Washington County, Utah Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014 Petroglyphs carved into desert varnish-covered sandstone near Ivins, Washington County.
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Washington County, Utah Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014 Petroglyphs carved into desert varnish-covered sandstone near Ivins, Washington County.
Big things are happening in Moab. Have you heard of the Moab Giants Museum? Read more to find out about this wonderful new addition to southern Utah! deseretnews.com With the summer blockbuster “Jurassic World” opening in theaters, there’s plenty of opportunity to be entertained — or frightened — by dinosaurs. READ MORE
smithsonianmag.com Utah is dinosaur country—so much so that the state has a scenic byway system called the Dinosaur Diamond that connects ancient final resting places across the desert. But among the sites holding preserved tracks and dusty fossils, one boneyard stands out as a 148-million-year-old mystery: the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. READ MORE
By: Steve D. Bowman, Adam I. Hiscock, and Corey D. Unger This nine DVD set contains a descriptive 8-page report and digital files created from the Wasatch fault investigation project performed for the Utah Geologic and Mineralogical Survey (now the Utah Geological Suvey) and U.S. Geological Survey by Woodward-Lundgren & Associates. The project was performed […]
cbc.ca Meet Wendiceratops, a new species of dinosaur with spectacular headgear — named after an Alberta woman who may be one of the best dinosaur hunters in the world. READ MORE
huffingtonpost.com They’re called “Miracles of Nature,” and it’s not possible to find a higher concentration of them anywhere in the world outside of Utah. Arches National Park contains so many natural red sandstone arches that there isn’t a specific count (over 2000 have been found in the park), and erosive forces over the course of […]
What’s the best kind of pet rock? —a “gneiss” one! Pearsons Canyon, Box Elder County, Utah Photographer: Adam McKean; © 2014 Folded pegmatite vein in Farmington Canyon Complex gneiss, Pearsons Canyon, Box Elder County.
By: Greg N. McDonald and Richard E. Giraud This map represents a landslide inventory for the upper Muddy Creek area, Sanpete and Sevier Counties, Utah, at a scale of 1:24,000. The map covers 54 square miles on southern part of the Wasatch Plateau and includes the Beaver Creek and Horse Creek Hydrologic Units in the […]
Utah is full of wonders from the bird’s eye to the ground below. This group of individuals document adventures through southern Utah’s slot canyons. You’ve gotta see it for yourself. video.nationalgeographic.com Our team ventures to the far southwest corner of Utah to discover the hidden secrets and natural wonders of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. VIEW HERE
Did anyone feel the minor jolt in southern Utah on Saturday? Read further for more details on the minor event. deseretnews.com A 4.0-magnitude earthquake shook the earth beneath a few small towns in southern Utah Saturday. READ MORE
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