Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Kent D. Brown
Icicles in drainage tunnel along the Zion–Mt. Carmel Highway, Zion National Park, Washington County.
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“Devils Pole” near Joes Valley Reservoir, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: J. Buck Ehler
Frozen waterfall forms “Devils Pole” near Joes Valley Reservoir, Emery County.
Snow Canyon State Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Janice Hayden
A blanket of snow is a rare occurrence in Snow Canyon State Park in southwestern Utah. The Early Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone forms the jointed red cliffs and rounded “turtlebacks” while the 27,000-year-old Santa Clara lava flow fills the canyon, flattening out the valley floor.
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Great Salt Lake • A salt-laden November fog fills the valleys of the Promontory Mountains like the crests of waves on an ocean. Thick storm clouds allow scattered streaks of sunlight, creating sliding silver bands on a water tinted red with bacteria.
Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg
Navajo Sandstone and pinyon pines, Zion NationalPark, Washington County.
Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Janice Hayden
Thanksgiving Day storm at Emerald Pools, Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah.
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An armored dinosaur found in a Spanish open-pit coal mine suggests that North America and Europe were connected for millions of years longer than previously thought.
Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg
Snow blanketing Checkerboard Mesa, Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah.
Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Kent D. Brown
The Towers of the Virgin include the Altar of Sacrifice (right) and The Sundial (left-center). These prominent cliffs of Early Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone, which locally exceed 2000 feet, formed as the North Fork of the Virgin River carved Zion Canyon in the relatively short time span of the past 2 million years.
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