POTD March 24, 2014: Warner Valley, Washington County, Utah

We can’t say “no” to Monday mornings when they feature both Utah’s red-rock and grand mountains!

Warner Valley, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2012

Red hues of rippled sands and nearby Sand Mountain (Navajo Sandstone-capped cliff in middle ground) intensify in the lateafternoon sun. The snow-capped Pine Valley Mountains, the eroded remains of a massive Miocene-age igneous intrusion, rise high above the surrounding red-rock desert.

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