Great Salt Lake, Davis and Tooele Counties, Utah
Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2013
Take in this photo as your day comes to a close. Sometimes a setting sun brings out the best colors in Utah Geology.
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Colorful Canyon on the Paria Plateau, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman
Bear Lake, Rich County, Utah
Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2013
Mollusk shells along the southwest shore of Bear Lake, Rich County.
Deformation bands, Aneth oil field, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Craig Morgan; © 2013
Small fault in the Moenkopi Formation, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2013
Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Don DeBlieux; © 2013
Water-filled potholes in the White Rim Sandstone, Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County.
Not only does Utah’s geology make for stunning landscapes, the textures are pretty great too!
Paria Plateau, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2013
Liquefaction features in Navajo Sandstone, Paria Plateau, Kane County.
Incised petroglyphs, Canaan Gap, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2013
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2013
Iron concretions from the Navajo Sandstone, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County
Buckskin Gulch, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Valerie Davis; © 2013
Canyon walls of Buckskin Gulch, Kane County.
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The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) is a division of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. Several specialized programs comprise the UGS: Data Management, Energy & Minerals, Geologic Hazards, Geologic Information & Outreach, Geologic Mapping, Groundwater & Wetlands, and Paleontology.
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