Posts treating: "Utah Photographer"
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-11-17 22:29:22]
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(112 visits) Permian,Carboniferous; US
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
White Rim, Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Tyler Knudsen; ©
Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-11-04 00:17:58]
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(992 visits) Jurassic; RU,US
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
A view to drink in over your lunch time daydream. Cane Creek anticline and the Colorado River, Grand County, Utah Photographer: Rebekah Stimpson; © 2015
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
Pine Valley Mountains, Washington County, Utah Photographer: Nikki Simon; ©
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.
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; ©
Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-09-25 23:35:49]
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(262 visits) Cambrian; US
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
Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-09-16 20:45:48]
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(144 visits) Paleogene; US
eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014 Algal stromatolites from the Green River Formation, eastern Uinta Basin, Uintah
Mount Superior, Salt Lake County, Utah Photographer: Mike Hylland; © 2014 Tilted and folded Precambrian-age strata on Mount Superior (11,132
Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-08-29 00:17:07]
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(274 visits) Jurassic; US,BR
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
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; ©
Utah Geological Survey - blog [2015-07-22 00:56:49]
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(173 visits) Jurassic; US,NL
Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Garfield County, Utah Photographer: Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014 Hematite concretions eroded from the Navajo
Washington County, Utah Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014 Petroglyphs carved into desert varnish-covered sandstone near Ivins, Washington
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
Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery County, Utah Photographer: Michael Vanden Berg; © 2014 Petroglyphs carved into Ferron Sandstone, Rochester Panel Rock Art Site, Emery
Notch Peak, Millard County, Utah Photographer: Mark Milligan; © 2014 Banded white marble and quartz augen (eyeshaped crystals) in gray argillite, Notch Peak, Millard
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
Needles District, Canyonlands National Park, San Juan County, Utah Photographer: Adam Hiscock; © 2014