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Posts treating: "Utah Photographer"

Tuesday, 17 November 2015

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

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-11-17 22:29:22]  recommend  recommend this post  (112 visits) info

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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

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

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-11-11 00:24:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (629 visits) info

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

POTD November 3, 2015: Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-11-04 00:17:58]  recommend  recommend this post  (992 visits) info

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Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah Photographer: Adam McKean; © 2015 The setting sun illuminates the Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone cliffs of Cougar Mountain (right) and South Guardian Angel (left) as viewed from Kolob Reservoir Road. Here, the road travels on top of the 220,000- to 310,000-year-old Grapevine Wash lava flow (dark rocks in middle

POTD October 27, 2015: Cane Creek anticline and the Colorado River, Grand County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-10-27 20:05:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (141 visits) info

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A view to drink in over your lunch time daydream. Cane Creek anticline and the Colorado River, Grand County, Utah Photographer: Rebekah Stimpson; © 2015

POTD October 20, 2015: Roosevelt Hot Springs Geothermal Area, Beaver County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-10-21 00:27:33]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info

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Someone dropped a box of yellow crayons in this hot water. Now, the algae and sulfur crystals can’t stop coloring! Just kidding, there’s no crayons in this natural color field. Roosevelt Hot Springs Geothermal Area, Beaver County, Utah Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2015 Yellow sulfur crystals and various colors of bacteria and algae give these

POTD October 13, 2015: Pine Valley Mountains, Washington County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-10-13 22:24:43]  recommend  recommend this post  (124 visits) info

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Pine Valley Mountains, Washington County, Utah Photographer: Nikki Simon; ©

POTD October 6, 2015: Zion National Park, Kane County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-10-07 01:09:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (210 visits) info

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The mornings are becoming a little crisper, and night comes a little quicker. It won’t belong before we see this scene! Zion National Park, Kane County, Utah Photographer: Adam Hiscock; © 2015 Snow highlights cross-bedding on the sides of buttes and mesas along the Clear Creek drainage on the east side of Zion National Park.

POTD September 29, 2015: Chocolate Drops, Maze District of Canyonlands National Park, Wayne County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-09-30 00:08:31]  recommend  recommend this post  (143 visits) info

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Fall is upon us and October is just around the corner. If there were a Pumpkin Spice Geology, maybe it would look a little like this photo. What do you think? We’re in the Fall spirit here at the UGS! Chocolate Drops, Maze District of Canyonlands National Park, Wayne County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; ©

POTD September 25, 2015: Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-09-25 23:35:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (262 visits) info

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Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2015 Alpenglow illuminates the glacially sculpted Stansbury Mountains as seen from the shores of Great Salt Lake. Deseret Peak (11,031 feet), the leftmost high summit, is the range’s highest peak and is underlain by Cambrian-age Prospect Mountain

POTD September 16, 2015: eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-09-16 20:45:48]  recommend  recommend this post  (144 visits) info

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eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014 Algal stromatolites from the Green River Formation, eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah

POTD September 9, 2015: Mount Superior, Salt Lake County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-09-09 18:31:10]  recommend  recommend this post  (228 visits) info

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Mount Superior, Salt Lake County, Utah Photographer: Mike Hylland; © 2014 Tilted and folded Precambrian-age strata on Mount Superior (11,132

POTD August 28, 2015: Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-08-29 00:17:07]  recommend  recommend this post  (274 visits) info

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Another weekend already?? Well we’re not complaining! Who’s got plans to get out into Utah geology this weekend? Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne County, Utah Photographer: Adam McKean Erosion pockets in Wingate Sandstone, Cohab Canyon, Capitol Reef National Park, Wayne

POTD July 31, 2015: Travertine deposit at Mystic Hot Springs, Sevier County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-08-01 00:19:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info

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Happy Friday, friends! Who’s getting out in the big Utah wild this weekend? Mystic Hot Springs is a great destination! Travertine deposit at Mystic Hot Springs, Sevier County, Utah Photographer: Paul Kuehne; ©

POTD July 21, 2015: Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-07-22 00:56:49]  recommend  recommend this post  (173 visits) info

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Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah Photographer: Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014 Hematite concretions eroded from the Navajo

POTD July 14, 2015: Washington County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-07-14 18:00:01]  recommend  recommend this post  (134 visits) info

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Washington County, Utah Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014 Petroglyphs carved into desert varnish-covered sandstone near Ivins, Washington

POTD July 7, 2015: Pearsons Canyon, Box Elder County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-07-07 18:00:18]  recommend  recommend this post  (147 visits) info

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What’s the best kind of pet rock? —a “gneiss” one! Pearsons Canyon, Box Elder County, Utah Photographer: Adam McKean; © 2014 Folded pegmatite vein in Farmington Canyon Complex gneiss, Pearsons Canyon, Box Elder

POTD June 30, 2015: Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-06-30 18:00:46]  recommend  recommend this post  (163 visits) info

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Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014 Petroglyphs carved into Ferron Sandstone, Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery

POTD June 23, 2015: Notch Peak, Millard County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-06-23 18:00:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (182 visits) info

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Notch Peak, Millard County, Utah Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014 Banded white marble and quartz augen (eyeshaped crystals) in gray argillite, Notch Peak, Millard

POTD June 17, 2015: Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-06-17 21:45:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (232 visits) info

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We woke up on the right side of the bedrock today! Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Gregg Beukelman; © 2014 Mesa Arch, in the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park, formed as surface water pooled and eventually eroded through bedrock at the mesa’s edge. As the sun rises, its

POTD May 5, 2015: Needles District, Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah 

Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-05-05 22:33:08]  recommend  recommend this post  (103 visits) info

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Needles District, Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Adam Hiscock; © 2014
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