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Monument Valley is probably best known to many Americans from having been seen in more Western movies than any other location in the U.S. Most visitors to Monument Valley are immediately taken back to old John Ford films, including “The Searchers,” “Stagecoach,” and “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.”
Gooseberry Mesa, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: J. Lucy Jordan; © 2016
Sunset on Gooseberry Mesa shines golden light on cliffs of Triassic-age Shinarump Conglomerate and the underlying slope-forming Moenkopi Formation. White cliffs and peaks in the distance are thrones and temples of Zion National Park, formed of Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone.
Alstrom Point, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Marshall Robinson; © 2016
Lake Powell’s Gunsight Bay as seen from Alstrom Point, Kane County.
Happy Canyon, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2016
Just above its confluence with the Dirty Devil River, Happy Canyon deeply and abruptly cuts and sculpts the White Rim Sandstone of the Permian-age Cutler Formation.
Wasatch Range east of Layton, Davis County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec; © 2016
Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Zach Anderson; © 2016
Short days and low winter sun cause ice to form along the San Rafael River where it cuts through the west flank of the San Rafael Swell. The 1,100-foot-deep canyon exposes the Jurassic-Triassic-age Glen Canyon Group along the cliffs and ledges of the canyon walls.
Bells Canyon, Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County, Utah
Photographer: Jim Davis; © 2015
Lower Bells Canyon Reservoir and glacially sculpted Bells Canyon, Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County.
An afternoon escape—
San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2015
Small cave-like features called tafoni pockmark the walls of a slot canyon in the southern San Rafael Swell, Emery County.
State Route 20, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Bob Biek; © 2015
Pinnacles eroded from Tertiary-age lava flow breccia along State Route 20, Garfield County.
Duchesne River, Duchesne County, Utah
Photographer: Rich Emerson; © 2015
Little Deer Creek cascades over sandstone ledges of the Precambrian-age Hades Pass unit of the Uinta Mountain Group into Cataract Gorge on the Duchesne River, Duchesne County.
The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Several specialized programs comprise the UGS: Data Management, Energy & Minerals, Geologic Hazards, Geologic Information & Outreach, Geologic Mapping, Groundwater & Wetlands, and Paleontology.
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