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POTD July 21, 2015: Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah

Hematite concretions eroded from the Navajo Sandstone. Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014

POTD 7-21-15 hematite concretion Grand staircase-escalante

Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014

Hematite concretions eroded from the Navajo Sandstone.

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POTD July 14, 2015: Washington County, Utah

Petroglyphs carved into desert varnish-covered sandstone near Ivins, Washington County. Washington County, Utah Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014

POTD 7-7-15 Petroglyphs Washington County

Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014

Petroglyphs carved into desert varnish-covered sandstone near Ivins, Washington County.

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POTD July 7, 2015: Pearsons Canyon, Box Elder County, Utah

Folded pegmatite vein in Farmington Canyon Complex gneiss, Pearsons Canyon, Box Elder County. Pearsons Canyon, Box Elder County, Utah Photographer: Adam McKean; © 2014

What’s the best kind of pet rock? —a “gneiss” one!

POTD 6-30-15 Farmington Canyon Gneiss Rock Mineral

Pearsons Canyon, Box Elder County, Utah
Photographer: Adam McKean; © 2014

Folded pegmatite vein in Farmington Canyon Complex gneiss, Pearsons Canyon, Box Elder County.

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POTD June 30, 2015: Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County, Utah

Petroglyphs carved into Ferron Sandstone, Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County. Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014

POTD 6-23-15 Petroglyph Rochester Art Panel

Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014

Petroglyphs carved into Ferron Sandstone, Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County.

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POTD June 23, 2015: Notch Peak, Millard County, Utah

Banded white marble and quartz augen (eyeshaped crystals) in gray argillite, Notch Peak, Millard County. Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014

POTD 6-16-15 Notch Peak Mineral Rock Argillite

Notch Peak, Millard County, Utah
Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014

Banded white marble and quartz augen (eyeshaped crystals) in gray argillite, Notch Peak, Millard County.

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POTD June 17, 2015: Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah

Mesa Arch, in the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park, formed as surface water pooled and eventually eroded through bedrock at the mesa’s edge. As the sun rises, its rays reflect off the 800-foot-high cliff of Jurassic-age sedimentary rock below the arch, bathing the bottom of the arch in an orange glow. Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2014

We woke up on the right side of the bedrock today!

POTD 6-9-15 Mesa Arch Canyonlands

Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2014

Mesa Arch, in the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park, formed as surface water pooled and eventually eroded through bedrock at the mesa’s edge. As the sun rises, its rays reflect off the 800-foot-high cliff of Jurassic-age sedimentary rock below the arch, bathing the bottom of the arch in an orange glow.

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POTD June 15, 2015: Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah

Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah Photographer: Sonja Heuscher; © 2014

We had to turn our air conditioning on this weekend—it’s getting hot! Cool down with this photo while we thaw out our spectacular Utah Geology.

POTD 6-2-15 Delicate Arch, Arches

Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Sonja Heuscher; © 2014

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POTD June 4, 2015: Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah

The view through North Window arch in The Windows Section of Arches National Park reveals snow-covered sandstone spires and fins of the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone. The spires and fins result from weathering and erosion along parallel fractures, or joints, in the rock. Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah Photographer: Sonja Heuscher; © 2014

POTD 5-26-15 Arhces National Park

Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Sonja Heuscher; © 2014

The view through North Window arch in The Windows Section of Arches National Park reveals snow-covered sandstone spires and fins of the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone. The spires and fins result from weathering and erosion along parallel fractures, or joints, in the rock.

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POTD May 29, 2015: Newspaper Rock petroglyph panel along Indian Creek, San Juan County, Utah

Newspaper Rock petroglyph panel along Indian Creek, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Adam Hiscock; © 2014

POTD 5-19-15 Newspaper Rock Petroglyph

Newspaper Rock petroglyph panel along Indian Creek, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Adam Hiscock; © 2014

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POTD May 19, 2015: Dead Horse Point State Park, San Juan County, Utah

The Colorado River loops around the Gooseneck between Dead Horse Point State Park and distant cliffs of the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park. The river has carved and exposed nearly flat-lying Jurassic to Pennsylvanian-age sedimentary strata of the Colorado Plateau. Dead Horse Point State Park, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2014

While this photo is a throwback to colder seasons, we cannot deny the stunning #UtahGeology present. This crisp, cold picture is worth a thousand hand warmers—that’s how the saying goes, right?

POTD 5-12-15 Dead Horse Point San juan

Dead Horse Point State Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2014

The Colorado River loops around the Gooseneck between Dead Horse Point State Park and distant cliffs of the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park. The river has carved and exposed nearly flat-lying Jurassic to Pennsylvanian-age sedimentary strata of the Colorado Plateau.