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![UT 24](../../images/roads/ut024-01.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-02.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-03.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-04.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-05.JPG)
Varying colored Jurassic Morrison Formation
Jun 7 2021 - 12:37 pm
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![Dakota Sandstone](../../images/roads/ut024-06.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-07.JPG)
Entrada hogbacks rising above Entrada platform
Jun 7 2021 - 12:41 pm
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![San Rafael River](../../images/roads/ut024-08.JPG)
San Rafael River and view eastward
Jun 7 2021 - 12:43 pm
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![Morrison Hogbacks](../../images/roads/ut024-09.JPG)
Morrison shales lapping onto Entrada hogbacks
Jun 7 2021 - 12:49 pm
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![Entrada Hogbacks](../../images/roads/ut024-10.JPG)
Reminiscent of Dinosaur National Monument
Jun 7 2021 - 12:49 pm
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![Red Morrison Fm](../../images/roads/ut024-11.JPG)
Red Morrison Formation overlying Entrada Sandstone, tilted in the background
Jun 7 2021 - 12:53 pm
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![Dakota Sandstone Mesas](../../images/roads/ut024-12.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-13.JPG)
Strait Road, Wildcat Butte ahead (5,078', Morrison Formation)
Jun 7 2021 - 12:58 pm
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![Wildcat Butte](../../images/roads/ut024-14.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-15.JPG)
Telephoto of Wildcat Butte
Jun 7 2021 - 1:10 pm
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![Henry Mountains](../../images/roads/ut024-16.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-17.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-18.JPG)
Henry Mountains over Jurassic Morrison shales covered by semi-active sand dunes
Jun 7 2021 - 1:23 pm
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![Morrison Formation](../../images/roads/ut024-19.JPG)
Telephoto of strange shapes of Morrison Formation
Jun 7 2021 - 1:24 pm
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![Ancient Sand Dunes](../../images/roads/ut024-20.JPG)
Entrada Sandstone (ancient sand dunes)
May 7 2018 - 2:15 pm
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![Active Sand Dunes](../../images/roads/ut024-21.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-22.JPG)
Henry Mountains over Morrison Formation buttes
May 7 2018 - 1:30 pm
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![Erosional Remants](../../images/roads/ut024-23.JPG)
Strange shaped erosional remnants
May 7 2018 - 1:30 pm
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![San Rafeal Swell](../../images/roads/ut024-24.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-25.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-26.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-27.JPG)
Uranium Boom
May 7 2018 - 1:48 pm
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![Uranium Mines](../../images/roads/ut024-28.JPG)
Uranium mines, (same view as center picture on the previous slide)
May 7 2018 - 1:49 pm
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![Entrada Cuesta](../../images/roads/ut024-29.JPG)
Entrada cuesta scarp slope
May 7 2018 - 2:04 pm
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![Underlying Wingate](../../images/roads/ut024-30.JPG)
Flat underlying Wingate Sandstone
May 7 2018 - 2:05 pm
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![UT 24](../../images/roads/ut024-31.png)
Back to UT 24
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![Active Sand Dunes](../../images/roads/ut024-32.JPG)
Active sand dunes below Wildcat Butte
May 7 2018 - 2:24 pm
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![Siltstone Monuments](../../images/roads/ut024-33.JPG)
Siltstone monuments of the Permian Cutler Formation
May 7 2018 - 2:37 pm
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![Siltstone Monuments](../../images/roads/ut024-34.JPG)
Another season
Jun 7 2021 - 1:25 pm
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![Siltstone Monuments](../../images/roads/ut024-35.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-36.JPG)
Permian Cutler Formation eroded in strange shapes
Jun 7 2021 - 1:25 pm
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![Permian Red Beds](../../images/roads/ut024-37.JPG)
Another view
Jun 7 2021 - 1:27 pm
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![Dirty Devil Valley](../../images/roads/ut024-38.JPG)
Irrigated Dirty Devil River Valley
Jun 7 2021 - 1:31 pm
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![Dirty Devil River](../../images/roads/ut024-39.JPG)
Dirty Devil River
Jun 7 2021 - 1:32 pm
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![Washed Out Dam](../../images/roads/ut024-40.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-41.JPG)
Triassic Shinarump Conglomerate capping Permian Cutler Formation
May 7 2018 - 3:13 pm
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![Shinarump Conglomerate](../../images/roads/ut024-42.JPG)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-43.JPG)
Mancos Shale capped by Mesa Verde Sandstone
May 20 2013 - 2:43 pm
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![Freemont River](../../images/roads/ut024-44.JPG)
Freemont River
May 20 2013 - 2:43 pm
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![Mancos Shale](../../images/roads/ut024-46.JPG)
Mancos Shale
May 20 2013 - 2:46 pm
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![South on UT 24](../../images/roads/ut024-45.JPG)
North on UT 24 within the Waterpocket Fold
May 20 2013 - 2:48 pm
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![Capitol Reef](../../images/roads/ut024-47.JPG)
Capitol Reef National Park
May 20 2013 - 3:00 pm
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![Sandstone Bedding](../../images/roads/ut024-48.JPG)
Sandstone bedding
May 20 2013 - 3:05 pm
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![Horse Mesa](../../images/roads/ut024-49.JPG)
Horse Mesa (6285')
May 20 2013 - 3:19 pm
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![Entrada Sandstone](../../images/roads/ut024-50.JPG)
Entrada Sandstone
May 20 2013 - 3:21 pm
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![Waterpocket Fold](../../images/roads/ut024-51.JPG)
Waterpocket Fold
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![Waterpocket Fold](../../images/roads/ut024-52.JPG)
Unlabeled
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![Capitol Dome](../../images/roads/ut024-53.JPG)
Capitol Dome (6,120')
May 20 2013 - 3:25 pm
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![Red Flowers](../../images/roads/ut024-54.JPG)
Red flowers in front of red rocks
May 20 2013 - 3:26 pm
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![Entrada Spires](../../images/roads/ut024-55.JPG)
Spires of Entrada Sandstone
May 20 2013 - 3:28 pm
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![Entrada Spires](../../images/roads/ut024-56.JPG)
Entrada spires on top of Wingate Sandstone
May 20 2013 - 3:28 pm
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![Scenic Drive](../../images/roads/ut024-57.JPG)
Capitol Reef from Scenic Drive Road
May 20 2013 - 3:42 pm
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![Entrada Sandstone](../../images/roads/ut024-58.JPG)
Tafoni decorating Wingate/Navajo Sandstone
May 20 2013 - 3:59 pm
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![Tafoni](../../images/roads/ut024-59.JPG)
Telephoto of tafoni (common in sandstones)
May 20 2013 - 4:00 pm
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![Dark Canyon](../../images/roads/ut024-60.JPG)
Dark canyon deep in the Waterpocket Fold
May 20 2013 - 4:02 pm
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![Yellow Monster](../../images/roads/ut024-61.jpg)
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](../../images/roads/ut024-62.jpg)
Or perhaps an orange monster imbibing a green snake
using Photoshop's Hue/Saturation adjustment tool
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![Pentstemon](../../images/roads/ut024-63.JPG)
Red Penstemon
May 20 2013 - 4:30 pm
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![Manganese Stain](../../images/roads/ut024-64.JPG)
Maganese oxide stain reflecting the sun
May 20 2013 - 4:33 pm
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![UT 24](../../images/roads/ut024-65.JPG)
End of slides for Utah 24 at Torrey
just west of Capitol Reef National Park