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UT 24
65 Slides - Utah State Road 24: Capitol Reef Country Scenic Byway
11 miles west of Green River UT, 92 miles to Torrey UT
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I 70
South end of UT 24, I 70 exit 147, 11 miles west of Green River UT
Jun 7 2021 - 12:30 pm
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San Rafael Swell
West flanking Jurassic Entrada Sandstone hogbacks of the San Rafael Swell all the way to Hanksville
Jun 7 2021 - 12:34 pm
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Entrada Hogbacks
Flat Jurassic Kayenta capping Triassic Wingate cliffs above Permian Cutler in the center of the San Rafael Swell beyond the hogbacks
Jun 7 2021 - 12:34 pm
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Morrison Formation
Varying colored Jurassic Morrison Formation
Jun 7 2021 - 12:37 pm
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Dakota Sandstone
Capped by Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone (a common landscape pair on the Colorado Plateau)
Jun 7 2021 - 12:37 pm
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Ertrada Sandstone
Entrada hogbacks rising above Entrada platform
Jun 7 2021 - 12:41 pm
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San Rafael River
San Rafael River and view eastward
Jun 7 2021 - 12:43 pm
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Morrison Hogbacks
Morrison shales lapping onto Entrada hogbacks
Jun 7 2021 - 12:49 pm
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Entrada Hogbacks
Reminiscent of Dinosaur National Monument
Jun 7 2021 - 12:49 pm
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Red Morrison Fm
Red Morrison Formation overlying Entrada Sandstone, tilted in the background
Jun 7 2021 - 12:53 pm
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Dakota Sandstone Mesas
Henry Mountains and flat Dakota Sandstone capped mesas rising above the Entrada Sandstone (base level below the Dakota surface and above the Kayenta surface)
Jun 7 2021 - 12:58 pm
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UT 24
Strait Road, Wildcat Butte ahead (5,078', Morrison Formation)
Jun 7 2021 - 12:58 pm
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Wildcat Butte
Wildcat Butte rising above sand dunes (over paleo-sand dunes of the Jurassic Entrada Sandstone)
Jun 7 2021 - 1:10 pm
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Wildcat Butte
Telephoto of Wildcat Butte
Jun 7 2021 - 1:10 pm
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Henry Mountains
Henry Mountians from Mt. Ellen (11,522', right) to Mt. Hillers (10,723', left)
Jun 7 2021 - 1:15 pm
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Permian to Jurassic
Deeper into the stratigraphic section, from Triassic Moenkopi Formation to Jurassic Wingate Sandstone
Jun 7 2021 - 1:16 pm
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Henry Mountains
Henry Mountains over Jurassic Morrison shales covered by semi-active sand dunes
Jun 7 2021 - 1:23 pm
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Morrison Formation
Telephoto of strange shapes of Morrison Formation
Jun 7 2021 - 1:24 pm
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Ancient Sand Dunes
Entrada Sandstone (ancient sand dunes)
May 7 2018 - 2:15 pm
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Active Sand Dunes
Wildcat Butte over active sand dunes over fosslized sand dunes of Entrada Sandstone
May 7 2018 - 2:24 pm
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Morrison Fm Buttes
Henry Mountains over Morrison Formation buttes
May 7 2018 - 1:30 pm
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Erosional Remants
Strange shaped erosional remnants
May 7 2018 - 1:30 pm
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San Rafeal Swell
South end of San Rafeal Swell near Hanksville, Boulder Mountain in the background
May 7 2018 - 1:35 pm
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Goblin Valley
The road to Goblin Valley State Park. The park wanted 10$ for a drive through, way too much
May 7 2018 - 1:38 pm
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Cuestas
Continued through the hogbacks riming the San Rafeal Swell, here more like cuestas (lower tilting angles than hogbacks)
May 7 2018 - 1:41 pm
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Uranium Boom
Uranium Boom
May 7 2018 - 1:48 pm
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Uranium Mines
Uranium mines, (same view as center picture on the previous slide)
May 7 2018 - 1:49 pm
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Entrada Cuesta
Entrada cuesta scarp slope
May 7 2018 - 2:04 pm
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Underlying Wingate
Flat underlying Wingate Sandstone
May 7 2018 - 2:05 pm
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UT 24
Back to UT 24

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Active Sand Dunes
Active sand dunes below Wildcat Butte
May 7 2018 - 2:24 pm
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Siltstone Monuments
Siltstone monuments of the Permian Cutler Formation
May 7 2018 - 2:37 pm
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Siltstone Monuments
Another season
Jun 7 2021 - 1:25 pm
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Siltstone Monuments
Telephoto of small Permian monuments (note the thin Permian White Rim Sandstone over the red rocks)
Jun 7 2021 - 1:25 pm
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Permian Red Beds
Permian Cutler Formation eroded in strange shapes
Jun 7 2021 - 1:25 pm
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Permian Red Beds
Another view
Jun 7 2021 - 1:27 pm
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Dirty Devil Valley
Irrigated Dirty Devil River Valley
Jun 7 2021 - 1:31 pm
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Dirty Devil River
Dirty Devil River
Jun 7 2021 - 1:32 pm
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Washed Out Dam
Washed out Wier Dam on Sandy Creek (flash floods wreak havoc on dams in the region)
May 7 2018 - 3:12 pm
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Shinarump Conglomerate
Triassic Shinarump Conglomerate capping Permian Cutler Formation
May 7 2018 - 3:13 pm
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Shinarump Conglomerate
Close up of the conglomerate (distinctive marker bed thoughout Colorado Plateau and Southern Rocky Mountains)
May 7 2018 - 3:13 pm
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Mancos Shale
Mancos Shale capped by Mesa Verde Sandstone
May 20 2013 - 2:43 pm
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Freemont River
Freemont River
May 20 2013 - 2:43 pm
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Mancos Shale
Mancos Shale
May 20 2013 - 2:46 pm
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South on UT 24
North on UT 24 within the Waterpocket Fold
May 20 2013 - 2:48 pm
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Capitol Reef
Capitol Reef National Park
May 20 2013 - 3:00 pm
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Sandstone Bedding
Sandstone bedding
May 20 2013 - 3:05 pm
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Horse Mesa
Horse Mesa (6285')
May 20 2013 - 3:19 pm
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Entrada Sandstone
Entrada Sandstone
May 20 2013 - 3:21 pm
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Waterpocket Fold
Waterpocket Fold
Alamy Stock Photo M0KD9G
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Waterpocket Fold
Unlabeled
Alamy Stock Photo F6KMBG
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Capitol Dome
Capitol Dome (6,120')
May 20 2013 - 3:25 pm
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Red Flowers
Red flowers in front of red rocks
May 20 2013 - 3:26 pm
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Entrada Spires
Spires of Entrada Sandstone
May 20 2013 - 3:28 pm
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Entrada Spires
Entrada spires on top of Wingate Sandstone
May 20 2013 - 3:28 pm
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Scenic Drive
Capitol Reef from Scenic Drive Road
May 20 2013 - 3:42 pm
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Entrada Sandstone
Tafoni decorating Wingate/Navajo Sandstone
May 20 2013 - 3:59 pm
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Tafoni
Telephoto of tafoni (common in sandstones)
May 20 2013 - 4:00 pm
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Dark Canyon
Dark canyon deep in the Waterpocket Fold
May 20 2013 - 4:02 pm
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Yellow Monster
Or a yellow monster with wide-open teethed jaws gobbling a huge yellow worm
playing on Adobe Photoshop with sunlit areas of the previous slide
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Orange Monster
Or perhaps an orange monster imbibing a green snake
using Photoshop's Hue/Saturation adjustment tool
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Pentstemon
Red Penstemon
May 20 2013 - 4:30 pm
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Manganese Stain
Maganese oxide stain reflecting the sun
May 20 2013 - 4:33 pm
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UT 24
End of slides for Utah 24 at Torrey
just west of Capitol Reef National Park