Photo of the Day (POTD): April 17, 2019
Uinta Basin Photomicrograph. Photo by Michael Vanden Berg. Photomicrograph of limestone from the Eocene-age Green River Formation showing small ostracod shells surrounding and filling larger gastropod fossils.
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Photo of the Day (POTD): April 3, 2019
Nine Mile Canyon Road, Carbon County, Utah. Photo by Emily Kleber. Cliffs of deltaic sandstone in the Eocene-age Green River Formation tower over Nine Mile Canyon, an area rich in geologic and human history.
Photo of the Day (POTD): March 20, 2019
Near Dead Horse Point State Park, Grand County. Photo by Jessica Castleton.
Photo of the Day (POTD): March 6, 2019
Kane Gulch, San Juan County. Photo by Andy Cvar. Corrugated, conchoidal fracture pattern in blocks of Cedar Mesa Sandstone. The sandstone was deposited during the Early Permian in a trade-wind-blown sand sea.
Photo of the Day (POTD): February 20, 2019
Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island, Salt Lake County. Photo by Adam Hiscock.
Photo of the Day (POTD): February 6, 2019
Horseshoe Springs, Skull Valley, Tooele County Photo by Jim Davis. Warm, brackish groundwater issues from the Skull Valley faults at the western foot of the Stansbury Mountains to produce Horseshoe Springs—two springs that join to create a horseshoe shape.
Photo of the Day (POTD): January 23, 2019
Mineral Mountains, Beaver County Photo by Christian Hardwick Miocene-age granite in the Mineral Mountains glows as the sun sets over the distant San Francisco Mountains near Milford.
Photo of the Day (POTD): January 16, 2019
Colorado River near Moab, Grand County Photo by Jessica Castleton.
Photo of the Day (POTD): January 2, 2019
Near Moab, Grand County Photo by Greg McDonald © 2019 Composed of Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone, wind-sculpted Corona Arch stands before snow-covered cliffs of the same formation. This arch was formed from the same weathering process and during the same time as the world-famous features in nearby Arches National Park.
Photo of the Day (POTD): December 21, 2018
Bonneville Salt Flats, Silver Island Mountains, and Pilot Peak, Box Elder County Photographer: Ken Krahulec © 2018
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