Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County, Utah
Photographer: Mike Hylland; ©2011
Many streams in Utah’s high mountain ranges, like this one in Bells Canyon, flow down canyons where “streams” of glacial ice once flowed. Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County.
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UPDATE: Location Revealed
Crystal Geyser is located on the eastern bank of the Green River approximately 3.5 miles downstream from Interstate 70. It is a geologically unusual site to visit, as it is a cold-water, carbon-dioxide-driven geyser as opposed to the geothermal geysers you would see at Yellowstone. In the past, Crystal Geyser’s eruptions were notably higher and more frequent than what they are today. As seen in the video the entire area is draped with beautiful travertine (calcium carbonate) which makes it a gem of a place to put on your bucket list.
Cascade Mountain, Wasatch Range, Utah County, Utah
Photographer: Adam McKean; ©2011
The last rays of sunshine catch the snowy southern limestone cliff face of Cascade Mountain, which was glaciated on the northern side during the Ice Age. Wasatch Range, Utah County.
Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County, Utah
Photographer: Mike Hylland; ©2011
The “”wrinkled” surface of a rock glacier on the floor of Maybird Gulch hints at the Ice Age glacial activity that carved this tributary to Little Cottonwood Canyon. Ice below the ground surface, now likely all melted away, once allowed the bouldery deposit to imperceptibly flow down the valley floor, forming the arcuate ridges at the ground surface.
The King Fisher Tower, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Stefan Kirby; ©2011
The King Fisher Tower, north of Castle Valley in Grand County, consists of arkosic sandstone and mudstone of the Permian Cutler Formation.
Moki Dugway road, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; ©2011
Moki Dugway road ascends 1,100 feet in about three miles connecting the valley floor to Cedar Mesa, Utah Route 261 northwest of Mexican Hat, San Juan County.
Looking Glass Rock, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Taylor Boden; ©2011
The window of Looking Glass Rock eroded through the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone, northern San Juan County.
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Sometime between six and nine million years ago, in a stretch of the Pacific Ocean just off of South America, something kept killing whales. Lots of them.
La Sal Mountains, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah
Photographer: Mark Milligan; ©2011
Mount Tukuhnikivatz, a prominent peak in the La Sal Mountains, is an erosional remnant of magma that rose from depth (but never reached the surface) about 28 million years ago, forcing through and pushing up the area’s layered sedimentary rocks. View from the U.S. Forest Service Warner Lake guard station.
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