Notch Peak, House Range, Millard County, Utah
Photographer: Taylor Boden
Notch Peak quartz monzonite near Painter Springs, House Range, Millard County.
Devil’s Playground, Grouse Creek Mountains, Box Elder County, Utah
Photographer: Don Clark
After a storm, evening light washes over granitic rocks of Devils Playground in the southern Grouse Creek Mountains. The granitic rocks of the Emigrant Pass pluton were emplaced in phases from 41 to 34 million years ago and intrude metamorphosed sedimentary rocks.
Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec
Wall of Windows, Bryce Canyon National Park,Garfield County.
Straight Cliffs Formation, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Jim Kirkland
Hoodoos in the Calico sandstone of the Cretaceous-age Straight Cliffs Formation, Garfield County, Utah
Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Chris DuRoss
“Zeus,” a 250-foot sandstone pinnacle, Canyonlands
National Park, San Juan County, Utah.
Snow Canyon State Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Ben Everitt
As our follower Ben Everitt pointed out, we tend to post a lot of big scenery photos. We love getting feedback from our users, and so you may have noticed the last few days of photos have been more than our usual photos of our amazing geology.
Today’s photo shows geology in action. In today’s photo, submitted by Ben Everitt, wind is slowly moving the dunes at Snow Canyon State Park. The park, which consists of lava flows and large sandstone cliffs, is located inside the 62,000 acre Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. The federally mandated reserve was established to protect the threatened desert tortoise and its habitat. Snow Canyon Park is a reminder that beauty and life can be found in some of the harshest places on earth! Thanks for the submission!
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen
Water plunges over a dolomite ledge within the otherwise easily erodible limestone of the Eocene-age Claron Formation in Water Canyon. A canal (the “Tropic Ditch”) diverts water from the East Fork of the Sevier River seven miles across the Paunsaugunt Plateau divide to the head of Water Canyon, creating a steady flow during the summer and fall that is vital to the nearby towns of Tropic and Cannonville.
Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Taylor Boden
Mine adits in uranium-bearing sandstone ledge, Emery County, Utah.
Paradox Basin, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg
Crude-oil pump jack, Paradox Basin, San Juan County, Utah.
Juab County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec
Ore chutes, Eagle & Blue Bell silver-lead-gold mine, Juab County, Utah.
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