We had to turn our air conditioning on this weekend—it’s getting hot! Cool down with this photo while we thaw out our spectacular Utah Geology.
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Sonja Heuscher; © 2014
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Arches National Park, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Sonja Heuscher; © 2014
The view through North Window arch in The Windows Section of Arches National Park reveals snow-covered sandstone spires and fins of the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone. The spires and fins result from weathering and erosion along parallel fractures, or joints, in the rock.
Newspaper Rock petroglyph panel along Indian Creek, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Adam Hiscock; © 2014
While this photo is a throwback to colder seasons, we cannot deny the stunning #UtahGeology present. This crisp, cold picture is worth a thousand hand warmers—that’s how the saying goes, right?
Dead Horse Point State Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2014
The Colorado River loops around the Gooseneck between Dead Horse Point State Park and distant cliffs of the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park. The river has carved and exposed nearly flat-lying Jurassic to Pennsylvanian-age sedimentary strata of the Colorado Plateau.
Needles District, Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Adam Hiscock; © 2014
Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2014
The Watchman (6,545 feet), composed of Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone, stands guard over the southern entrance to Zion Canyon. The canyon has been carved by the North Fork Virgin River, which has eroded downward thousands of feet through the Navajo and underlying Kayenta and Moenave Formations.
Metate Arch, Devils Garden Outstanding Natural Area, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec; © 2014
San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Taylor Boden; © 2014
Erosion has exposed and sculpted Jurassic-age sedimentary rocks in the southern San Rafael Swell. Near Goblin Valley State Park, towering Wild Horse Butte comprises the Morrison and Summerville Formations (top cliff layers), Curtis Formation (middle slope layer), and Entrada Sandstone (bottom reddish layer).
Entrada Sandstone in Cathedral Valley, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2014
Not everyone grows up with this kind of doll house! We’re having southern Utah geology day dreams today.
The Doll House, Maze District of Canyonlands National Park, Wayne County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2014
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