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
Tag Archive for: Utah Geology
What a great photo to start the weekend with!
Bryce Canyon National Park, Garfield County, Utah
Photographer: Lance Weaver; © 2012
Spanish Fork Peak, Utah County, Utah
Photographer: Buck Ehler; © 2012
Spanish Fork Canyon and Spanish Fork Peak, Utah County.
latimes.com
There is just one paved road in Capitol Reef National Park in southern Utah. It is an eight-mile scenic drive on which the only traffic jams are caused by an occasional herd of mule deer. Instead of honking horns, Capitol Reef is about serenity and spectacular scenery. “We are remote,” says park ranger Lori Rome, “which is part of the appeal of this place.” Here’s how to get the most out of this park.
Some of Utah’s finest features—our slot canyons.
ksl.com
Wire Pass and Buckskin Gulch are both beautiful slot canyons in southern Utah and hikers can access both of them from a single trailhead.
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.
What a photo for Monday, Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone!
Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah
Photographer: Ken Krahulec; © 2012
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.
Bentonite Hills, east of Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2012
Black volcanic boulders litter colorful but seemingly lifeless badlands formed in the Brushy Basin Member of the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation. Moisture-sensitive swelling clays, formed by the alteration of volcanic ash, allow little vegetation to take root.
thespectrum.com
The third annual Iron County Emergency Preparedness Expo will focus its efforts on teaching children how to handle disasters as it provides information regarding various emergencies to the entire community at Cedar High School on Saturday.
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