Tag Archive for: Photo of the Day

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Photo of the Day (POTD): December 21, 2018

Bonneville Salt Flats, Silver Island Mountains, and Pilot Peak, Box Elder County, Utah. Photographer: Ken KrahulecKen Krahulec © 2018

Bonneville Salt Flats, Silver Island Mountains, and Pilot Peak, Box Elder County

Photographer: Ken Krahulec © 2018

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Photo of the Day (POTD): December 07, 2018

Northern Wasatch Range, Weber County, Utah. Photographer: Adam McKeanAdam McKean © 2018

Northern Wasatch Range, Weber County

Photographer: Adam McKean © 2018

Looking north along the steep Wasatch Range, the city of Ogden (on the left) lies in a valley created by the Wasatch fault zone, and the rocks of the mountain range have been deformed by the Ogden and Willard thrust zones.

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Photo of the Day (POTD): November 28, 2018

Henry Mountains, Garfield CountyGregg Beukelman © 2018

Henry Mountains, Garfield County

Photographer: Gregg Beukelman © 2018

Intrusive laccoliths, formed between 23 and 31 million years ago, rise spectacularly over 6,000 feet above a surrounding structural basin.

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Photo of the Day (POTD): November 21, 2018:  

Dixie National Forest, Garfield CountyBrian Butler © 2018

Dixie National Forest, Garfield County

Photographer: Brian Butler © 2018

Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone cliffs of Death Hollow, as seen from Hells Backbone, glow serenely in the evening twilight.

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Photo of the Day (POTD): November 7, 2018

West side of the Mineral Mountains, Beaver CountyAdam Hiscock © 2018

November 07, 2018: West side of the Mineral Mountains, Beaver County

Photographer: Adam Hiscock © 2018

Photo of the Day (POTD): October 3, 2018

Zach Anderson © 2018

Central Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County

Photographer: Zach Anderson © 2018

Pennsylvanian- and Permian-age limestone and sandstone are illuminated by the setting sun near Grandview Peak.

Utah Geological Survey

POTD February 02, 2018

Goblin Valley State Park, Emery County
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman © 2018
Weathering and erosion of the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone forms a fantastic array of stone structures locally referred to as “goblins.”

Utah Geological Survey

POTD January 24, 2018

Timber Canyon, Duchesne County
Photographer: Ryhan Sempler © 2018

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POTD January 04, 2018

Uinta Mountains, Daggett County
Photographer: Emily Kleber © 2018
Evening light in the eastern Uinta Mountains illuminates receding storm clouds and the snow-covered Oligocene-age Bishop Conglomerate in the valley below.

Utah Geological Survey

POTD December 4, 2017: Cedar Mesa, San Juan County

Cedar Mesa, San Juan County
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen © 2017
An overhanging ledge of Permian-age Cedar Mesa Sandstone protects ancestral Puebloan ruins in Road Canyon. The informally named “Fallen Roof” ruin owes its name to the prominent spalling and collapse of thin sandstone slabs from the overhang’s ceiling.