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Utah Natural Resources Map & Bookstore holiday guide: The Great Salt Lake

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Regarded as, “…one of the most informative and readable general histories of Utah yet written…” this is a great addition to any history buff’s library collection. Find it ONLINE HERE.

By: Dale L. Morgan
Approached as history, geography, geology, or high adventure, The Great Salt Lake is fascinating reading. From the first Americans through mountain men, religious empires, railroads, and resorts, the remnant of ancient Lake Bonneville has been a nexus for human history, uniting a haunting beauty with raw desolation, strangely removed from common experience.

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POTD December 10, 2015: Sid’s Mountain Wilderness Study Area, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah

Sid’s Mountain Wilderness Study Area, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Adam Hiscock; © 2015

Utah geology views for days.

POTD 12-8-15 Emery County, San Rafael Swell, Sids Mountain

Sid’s Mountain Wilderness Study Area, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah
Photographer: Adam Hiscock; © 2015

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POTD December 1, 2015: Provo Falls, Summit County, Utah

As the Provo River plunges off the south side of the Uinta Mountains along the Mirror Lake Highway, it cascades over innumerable ledges of Precambrian-age Uinta Mountain Group sandstone. Provo Falls, Summit County, Utah Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2015

Take this in over your outdoor daydream today.

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Provo Falls, Summit County, Utah
Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2015

As the Provo River plunges off the south side of the Uinta Mountains along the Mirror Lake Highway, it cascades over innumerable ledges of Precambrian-age Uinta Mountain Group sandstone.

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Utah dinosaur tracks similar to those found embedded in Spain

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Some of the most ferocious meat-eating dinosaurs that trod the earth over what is now Utah also were hunting on land that now is known as Spain, the discovery of a track in Utah suggests.

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Low water in Great Salt Lake reveals ‘rocks that are alive’

We hope you all had a great and safe Thanksgiving! Who ate so much turkey that they feel like a turkey? I think I do. Here’s a little something to help you kickstart after a long, holiday weekend—
A couple of our geologists here at the UGS helped a team of researchers collect microbialites from Great Salt Lake for the Natural History Museum of Utah. Read more about these living rocks in this great write up.

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As Utah’s Great Salt Lake continues to drop during recent years of drought, something strange and wonderful is coming into focus in the shallows and exposed lake bed.

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POTD November 25, 2015: Bluff of Entrada Sandstone at Bullfrog, Kane County, Utah

Bluff of Entrada Sandstone at Bullfrog, Kane County, Utah Photographer: Grant Willis; © 2015

Wishing everyone a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving from the Utah Geological Survey!

POTD 11-24-15 Kane County

Bluff of Entrada Sandstone at Bullfrog, Kane County, Utah
Photographer: Grant Willis; © 2015

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POTD November 17, 2015: Dark Canyon Primitive Area, San Juan County, Utah

The stream in the lower section of Dark Canyon runs reddish brown following heavy morning rain. Sandstone of the Permian-age Cutler Group forms the canyon walls and limestone of the Pennsylvanian-age Honaker Trail Formation is exposed along the stream bed. Dark Canyon Primitive Area, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Diane Menuz; © 2015

POTD 11-17-15 Dark Canyon San Juan County

Dark Canyon Primitive Area, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Diane Menuz; © 2015

The stream in the lower section of Dark Canyon runs reddish brown following heavy morning rain. Sandstone of the Permian-age Cutler Group forms the canyon walls and limestone of the Pennsylvanian-age Honaker Trail Formation is exposed along the stream bed.

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Microbialites from Great Salt Lake to be shown at Museum

Check out the Natural History Museum of Utah’s behind the scenes weekend in pictures. This gallery features an adventure to Great Salt Lake where researchers—including one of our geologists, Tom Chidsey and Michael Vanden Berg—pulled up microbialites for display at the museum.

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Could Utah dinosaurs have a starring role in Godzilla’s homeland?

Utah dinosaurs may be going international with the possibility of a “Dinosaurs of Utah Museum” in Japan.

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It’s enough to make Godzilla proud.

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POTD November 10, 2015: White Rim, Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah

White Rim, Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2015

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White Rim, Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah
Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; © 2015