Mirror, mirror…on the Wall Lake! Happy Friday, geo friends!
Mount Watson, western Uinta Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Photographer: Mike Hylland
Wall Lake, a glacial tarn, reflects the morning sun on the Precambrian-age sandstone of Mount Watson (11,521 feet), western Uinta Mountains, Summit County.
Northern Uinta Mountains, Summit County
Photographer: Greg McDonald
The Uinta Mountains, widely glaciated thousands of years ago, now contain many glacial features, including this kettle pond formed within a moraine depression. Permian-Pennsylvanian-age Weber Sandstone is at the head of West Fork Blacks Fork drainage.
Mount Baldy, Salt Lake County, Utah
Photographer: Rich Giraud
Wildflowers among sandstone boulders of the Cambrian-age Ophir Formation, Mount Baldy, Salt Lake County
Chalk Knolls, Tule Valley, Millard County, Utah
Stefan Kirby
Stromatolites, precipitated by algae in reef-like columns, are common in the Cambrian-age Hellnmaria Member of the Notch Peak Formation, Chalk Knolls, Tule Valley, Millard County
Deseret Peak Wilderness Area, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen
Deseret Peak, the highest point (11,031 feet) in the Stansbury Mountains, towers over wildflower-covered slopes in upper South Willow Canyon. Deseret Peak is composed of Cambrian-age Tintic Quartzite sculpted by glacial ice during the last Ice Age.
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen
Eroded through the Navajo Sandstone, Coyote Natural Bridge is in Coyote Gulch, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Kane County
Rainbow Bridge National Monument, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec
Rainbow Bridge, carved through Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone, is one of the largest natural bridges in the world. Rainbow Bridge National Monument, San Juan County.
Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Kent Brown
Arches in the making (alcoves) in massive cliffs of Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone, near Moab, Grand County.
Devils Garden, Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec
Metate Arch is sculpted by weathering and differential erosion of two sandstone layers along the contact of the Gunsight Butte and overlying Cannonville Members of the Jurassic-age Entrada Sandstone. The arch is about 17 miles southeast of Escalante, just east of the Straight Cliffs.
Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah
Photographer: Stevie Emerson
The Fremont River cuts through the Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County.
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