Snow Canyon State Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Janice Hayden
A blanket of snow is a rare occurrence in Snow Canyon State Park in southwestern Utah. The Early Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone forms the jointed red cliffs and rounded “turtlebacks” while the 27,000-year-old Santa Clara lava flow fills the canyon, flattening out the valley floor.
Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg
Navajo Sandstone and pinyon pines, Zion NationalPark, Washington County.
Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Janice Hayden
Thanksgiving Day storm at Emerald Pools, Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah.
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An armored dinosaur found in a Spanish open-pit coal mine suggests that North America and Europe were connected for millions of years longer than previously thought.
Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg
Snow blanketing Checkerboard Mesa, Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah.
Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Kent D. Brown
The Towers of the Virgin include the Altar of Sacrifice (right) and The Sundial (left-center). These prominent cliffs of Early Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone, which locally exceed 2000 feet, formed as the North Fork of the Virgin River carved Zion Canyon in the relatively short time span of the past 2 million years.
Snow Canyon State Park, Washington County, Utah
Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg
Cross-bedded Navajo Sandstone in evening light, Snow Canyon State Park, Washington County, Utah
Three Canyon, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Sonja Heuscher
Flood-sculpted Navajo Sandstone in Three Canyon, Emery County, Utah
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At any given moment in the foothills of Salt Lake City, DNA sequencing of a tiny kernel of corn could unlock new information about ancient agriculture in Utah.
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