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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.

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