Tag Archive for: Photo of the Day

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

Photographer: Ken Krahulec © 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.

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.

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.

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

Photographer: Adam Hiscock © 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.

San Rafael Swell, Emery County
Photographer: Andy Cvar © 2018
Reduced and oxidized mudstone of the Triassic-age Chinle Formation.

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.”

Timber Canyon, Duchesne County
Photographer: Ryhan Sempler © 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.