Bentonite Hills, east of Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2012 Black volcanic boulders litter colorful but seemingly lifeless badlands formed in the Brushy Basin Member of the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation. Moisture-sensitive swelling clays, formed by the alteration of volcanic ash, allow little vegetation to take root.
We’re getting on the Throwback Thursday bandwagon this week. Here is a part of an 1826 world atlas that shows geography and period events, and was recently donated to the Utah DNR Library. Talk about #tbt! The map is titled “Morse’s New Universal Atlas of the World on an Improved Plan of Alphabetical Indexes, Designed for […]
thespectrum.com The third annual Iron County Emergency Preparedness Expo will focus its efforts on teaching children how to handle disasters as it provides information regarding various emergencies to the entire community at Cedar High School on Saturday. READ MORE
A stunning Utah view. Antelope Island & Farmington Bay, Great Salt Lake, Davis County, Utah Photographer: Ken Krahulec; © 2012
blogs.agu.org The two dramatic landslides of the last few weeks in the USA has undoubtedly raised the profile of this natural hazard. The Oso landslide in Washington State remains high on the news agenda, and was even visited by the President earlier this week. Meanwhile, the fascinating East Gros Ventre Butte landslide in Jackson Hole […]
Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah Photographer: Paul Inkenbrandt; © 2012 Storm clouds clear over Bridger Bay and Antelope Island, the largest island in Great Salt Lake. Much of the island, including Stringham Peak (left background; elevation 6,345 feet), is made up of Precambrian-age rocks that are some of the oldest rocks in Utah […]
washingtonpost.com In all of Earth’s history, which species of mammal survived for the longest time? READ MORE
Wasatch Range, Weber County, Utah Photographer: Ken Krahulec; © 2012 Snow Basin on the east side of the Wasatch Range, Weber County.
Have a great weekend everyone! Dixie National Forest, Iron County, Utah Photographer: Robert F. Biek; © 2012 Hancock Peak (elevation 10,598 feet) is one of many cinder cones that dot the Markagunt Plateau east of Cedar City. Engelmann spruce trees, many of which were killed by spruce bark beetles, and colorful quaking aspen blanket the […]
The most well-traveled tooth? One dinosaur tooth’s journey to modern day—a fun read. phenomena.nationalgeographic.com Last summer, while spending a day with paleontologist Joe Peterson and his crew at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, I was lucky enough to find a dinosaur tooth. The shiny fossil had once fit into the mouth of a beaky herbivore called […]
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