Straight Cliffs Formation, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Jim Kirkland
Hoodoos in the Calico sandstone of the Cretaceous-age Straight Cliffs Formation, Garfield County, Utah
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Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Chris DuRoss
“Zeus,” a 250-foot sandstone pinnacle, Canyonlands
National Park, San Juan County, Utah.
Snow Canyon State Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Ben Everitt
As our follower Ben Everitt pointed out, we tend to post a lot of big scenery photos. We love getting feedback from our users, and so you may have noticed the last few days of photos have been more than our usual photos of our amazing geology.
Today’s photo shows geology in action. In today’s photo, submitted by Ben Everitt, wind is slowly moving the dunes at Snow Canyon State Park. The park, which consists of lava flows and large sandstone cliffs, is located inside the 62,000 acre Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. The federally mandated reserve was established to protect the threatened desert tortoise and its habitat. Snow Canyon Park is a reminder that beauty and life can be found in some of the harshest places on earth! Thanks for the submission!
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen
Water plunges over a dolomite ledge within the otherwise easily erodible limestone of the Eocene-age Claron Formation in Water Canyon. A canal (the “Tropic Ditch”) diverts water from the East Fork of the Sevier River seven miles across the Paunsaugunt Plateau divide to the head of Water Canyon, creating a steady flow during the summer and fall that is vital to the nearby towns of Tropic and Cannonville.
Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Taylor Boden
Mine adits in uranium-bearing sandstone ledge, Emery County, Utah.
Paradox Basin, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg
Crude-oil pump jack, Paradox Basin, San Juan County, Utah.
Juab County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec
Ore chutes, Eagle & Blue Bell silver-lead-gold mine, Juab County, Utah.
St. George basin, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Robert F. Biek
Ruins of the Harrisburg town site, established by Mormon pioneers in 1861, consist of blocks of Early Jurassic-age Springdale Sandstone, which a mile to the north is the main ore-bearing horizon of the Silver Reef mining district. The mining district is famous among geologists for its uncommon occurrence of silver ore in sandstone. In the distance, the Pine Valley Mountains tower 7,000 feet above the surrounding red-rock country.
Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah
Photographer: Taylor Boden
Igneous (gray) and metasedimentary (brown) rocks in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Mineral Basin, Utah County, Utah
Photographer: Grant Willis
Tilted Paleozoic strata in the “Bookends” area of Mineral Basin, Utah County, Utah.
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