The Wedge overlook, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec; © 2012
Little Grand Canyon from The Wedge overlook, Emery County.
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Buckhorn Wash, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: J. Buck Ehler; ©2011
Petroglyphs etched into a Navajo Sandstone cliff, probably about 1,000 years ago in Buckhorn Wash, San Rafael Swell, Emery County.
Green River, San Rafael Desert, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Tom Chidsey
An ancient, meandering river channel composed of resistant sandstone in the Cedar Mountain Formation now stands 100 feet higher than the surrounding, less resistant siltstone and shale landscape southwest of Green River, San Rafael Desert, Emery County.
Window Blind Peak (7,030 feet), Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Paul Kuehne
Window Blind Peak (7,030 feet) capped by Jurassicage Navajo Sandstone, highest point in the San Rafael Swell, Emery County.
“Devils Pole” near Joes Valley Reservoir, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: J. Buck Ehler
Frozen waterfall forms “Devils Pole” near Joes Valley Reservoir, Emery County.
Three Canyon, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Sonja Heuscher
Flood-sculpted Navajo Sandstone in Three Canyon, Emery County, Utah
Horseshoe Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Sonja Heuscher
Stream erosion during uplift of the Colorado Plateau incised the Green River channel deep into the Triassic–Jurassic-age Wingate Sandstone and underlying Chinle Formation. At Bowknot Bend, the channel turns back on itself in a huge meander loop.
Desolation Canyon, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen
Rippled sand bar along the Green River in Desolation Canyon, Emery County, Utah
Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Taylor Boden
Mine adits in uranium-bearing sandstone ledge, Emery County, Utah.
Mesas, buttes, and canyons in the east-central area of the San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah.
Photographer: Tom Chidsey
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