Cascade Mountain, Wasatch Range, Utah County, Utah Photographer: Adam McKean; ©2011 The last rays of sunshine catch the snowy southern limestone cliff face of Cascade Mountain, which was glaciated on the northern side during the Ice Age. Wasatch Range, Utah County.
This is an exciting new tool on the horizon for planning ahead. hjnews.com Developers and homeowners will have the opportunity to look at detailed, updated flood hazards along the Wasatch Front and in Cache County in a couple of years. READ MORE
Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County, Utah Photographer: Mike Hylland; ©2011 The “”wrinkled” surface of a rock glacier on the floor of Maybird Gulch hints at the Ice Age glacial activity that carved this tributary to Little Cottonwood Canyon. Ice below the ground surface, now likely all melted away, once allowed the bouldery […]
The King Fisher Tower, Grand County, Utah Photographer: Stefan Kirby; ©2011 The King Fisher Tower, north of Castle Valley in Grand County, consists of arkosic sandstone and mudstone of the Permian Cutler Formation.
Moki Dugway road, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; ©2011 Moki Dugway road ascends 1,100 feet in about three miles connecting the valley floor to Cedar Mesa, Utah Route 261 northwest of Mexican Hat, San Juan County.
moabtimes.com A group of local outfitters is offering a cash reward in connection to the theft of a Jurassic period dinosaur track near Moab last week. The reward money donated by the outfitters will be in addition to a $1,000 reward now being offered by Bureau of Land Management (BLM), said Melissa Neron of Coyote […]
“Spot the Rock” is back this week with these towering giants. Can you guess where in Utah this feature is found? Like us on FACEBOOK or follow us on TWITTER to participate in “Spot the Rock”!
Looking Glass Rock, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Taylor Boden; ©2011 The window of Looking Glass Rock eroded through the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone, northern San Juan County.
smithsonianmag.com Sometime between six and nine million years ago, in a stretch of the Pacific Ocean just off of South America, something kept killing whales. Lots of them. READ MORE
La Sal Mountains, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah Photographer: Mark Milligan; ©2011 Mount Tukuhnikivatz, a prominent peak in the La Sal Mountains, is an erosional remnant of magma that rose from depth (but never reached the surface) about 28 million years ago, forcing through and pushing up the area’s layered sedimentary rocks. View from […]
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