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"Spot the Rock" May 15, 2014


Happy Thursday, everybody! This beautiful photo was taken somewhere in Utah. Can anybody “Spot the Rock” and tell us where it is?

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UPDATE: Location Revealed

Last week’s “Spot the Rock” is of Water Canyon, just north of Hildale, Utah, in Washington County. This image shows the contact between the Navajo Sandstone and the Kayenta formation. Slot canyons in the southwest corner of the state often begin to dramatically widen as the river or stream cuts through the softer units of the Kayenta Formation, undercutting the harder Navajo walls.

 

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POTD May 14, 2014: Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah

Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Mike Hylland; © 2012

Arch Alcove, Zion National Park, Washington County.

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POTD May 13, 2014: San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah

San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Stephanie Earls; © 2012

Draw rock art panel, San Rafael Swell, Emery County.

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POTD May 12, 2014: Courthouse Rock near Moab, Grand County, Utah

Another weekend gone by, and a photo to greet you on your Monday morning. Who went somewhere fun this weekend?

Courthouse Rock near Moab, Grand County, Utah
Photographer: Jay Hill; © 2012

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POTD May 9, 2014: Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah

What a great photo to start the weekend with!

Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Lance Weaver; © 2012

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POTD May 7, 2014: Spanish Fork Peak, Utah County, Utah

Spanish Fork Peak, Utah County, Utah
Photographer: Buck Ehler; © 2012

Spanish Fork Canyon and Spanish Fork Peak, Utah County.

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Throwback Thursday May 8, 2014: Woodside, Utah

After perusing through some of our old pictures, this gem showed up for today’s #throwbackthursday geology/history lesson. This old postcard shows off the geyser in Woodside, UT which is now merely a railroad ghost town (and a llama) along Highway 6 about 25 miles north of Green River. Like Crystal Geyser, the geyser in Woodside is also carbon dioxide driven and erupts from an old well. #tbt

Perhaps some of you remember KSL’s article of the town’s sale. Read the article HERE.

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POTD May 6, 2014: Washington County, Utah

Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Don DeBlieux; © 2012

Sculpted hills of iron-stained Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone form the Red Mountains north of St. George. In the distance, Paleozoic strata of Square Top Mountain and Jackson Peak have been transported up and over younger Mesozoic strata along the Square Top Mountain thrust fault.

 

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POTD May 5, 2014: Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah

What a photo for Monday, Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone!

Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec; © 2012

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Utah a hotbed for nation's geothermal growth in 2013

deseretnews.com

Geothermal power that came online in Utah and two other Western states helped keep the industry on the map in 2013 in what would have otherwise been a flat year domestically for new geothermal power production.

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