White Cliffs, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2011
Small, dome-shaped load structures on a block of Jurassic-age Carmel Formation, White Cliffs, western Kane County.
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! This photo may not be green, but I-rish I was there!
Caineville, Wayne County, Utah
Photographer: Robert Ressetar; ©2011
Deltaic sandstone of the Emery Member caps the Blue Gate Member of the Mancos Shale, deposited in a sea during the Cretaceous Period, Caineville, Wayne County.
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Hovenweep National Monument, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec; ©2011
Ancient Anasazi dwellings built with blocks of Cretaceous-age Dakota Sandstone at Hovenweep National Monument, southeastern San Juan County.
A spectacular look at Capitol Reef National Park.
Capitol Reef National Park, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Rich Emerson; ©2011
Burr Trail switchback in the Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef National Park, Garfield County.
Green River, Uintah County, Utah
Photographer: Stefan Kirby; ©2011
Morning light on layered rocks of the Tertiary-age Green River Formation north of Desolation Canyon along the Green River.
Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County, Utah
Photographer: Mike Hylland; ©2011
A sawtoothed ridge (arête) of glacially carved granitic rock separates the Maybird and Red Pine drainages. South side of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County.
Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County, Utah
Photographer: Mike Hylland; ©2011
Many streams in Utah’s high mountain ranges, like this one in Bells Canyon, flow down canyons where “streams” of glacial ice once flowed. Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County.
Cascade Mountain, Wasatch Range, Utah County, Utah
Photographer: Adam McKean; ©2011
The last rays of sunshine catch the snowy southern limestone cliff face of Cascade Mountain, which was glaciated on the northern side during the Ice Age. Wasatch Range, Utah County.
Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range, Salt Lake County, Utah
Photographer: Mike Hylland; ©2011
The “”wrinkled” surface of a rock glacier on the floor of Maybird Gulch hints at the Ice Age glacial activity that carved this tributary to Little Cottonwood Canyon. Ice below the ground surface, now likely all melted away, once allowed the bouldery deposit to imperceptibly flow down the valley floor, forming the arcuate ridges at the ground surface.
The King Fisher Tower, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Stefan Kirby; ©2011
The King Fisher Tower, north of Castle Valley in Grand County, consists of arkosic sandstone and mudstone of the Permian Cutler Formation.
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