UT 128 (N to S)

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44 Slides - Utah State Road 128: follows the Colorado River
through both bounding canyons of Spanish Valley (filming site of many western movies)

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North end of UT 128, I 70 exit 212 or 214, Danish Flats or UT 128 - Cisco
Jul 29 2019 - 3:20 pm

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Cisco, Utah
May 7 2018 - 11:07 am

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Garden spot of the west
May 7 2018 - 11:08 am

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Road sign
May 7 2018 - 11:18 am

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Back to UT 128 (paved since 1976 when major professor, Bill Melhorn and I drove the gravel road)
Feb 15 2017 - 2:34 pm

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La Sal Mountains
Feb 15 2017 - 2:14 pm

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SW end of the Fisher Valley Anticline (composed of Jurassic Wingate Sandstone over Triassic Chinle Shale
Feb 15 2017 - 3:25 pm

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Colorado River flowing through Jurassic Entrada Sandstone
Feb 15 2017 - 2:31 pm

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Upstream where Sagers Wash meets the Colorado River toward Cisco Wash
Jul 29 2019 - 2:40 pm

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Strange shaped red Kayenta Formation weathering between Entada and Wingate sandstones
Jul 29 2019 - 2:30 pm

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Colorful rocks
Jul 29 2019 - 2:15 pm

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Entrada over Wingate Sandstones (Jurassic fossilized sand dunes)
May 22 2021 - 11:19 am

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Colorado River entering Wingate Sandstone at Pole Canyon
May 22 2021 - 11:09 am

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Wingate Sandstone
May 22 2021 - 11:09 am

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Telephoto of Wingate Sandstone
May 22 2021 - 11:11 am

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Jurassic Wingate Sandstone over Triassic Chinle and Moenkopi formations
Feb 15 2017 - 3:47 pm

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Utah 128 along the Colorado River through a canyon of red rocks
May 22 2021 - 11:01 am

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Red rock canyon
May 22 2021 - 11:04 am

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In January
Jan 21 2018 - 12:53 pm

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In May
May 22 2021 - 11:04 am

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Professor Valley
Feb 15 2017 - 3:14 pm

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Colorado River in front of Fisher Towers (in the backgound of many western movies)
Jan 21 2018 - 1:00 pm

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Triassic stream beds, sort of like at present
Jan 21 2018 - 1:27 pm

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Just enough soil to hold moisture
Jan 21 2018 - 1:24 pm

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Spanish Valley background Abobe Mesa (right) and Fisher Mesa (left)
May 22 2021 - 10:45 am

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Fisher Towers
Jan 21 2018 - 12:52 pm

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Telephoto of Fisher Towers
Jan 21 2018 - 12:52 pm

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Fisher Towers (Permian Cutler Formation)
Feb 15 2017 - 3:02 pm

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Fisher Towers (taken from same pullout)
Jan 21 2018 - 1:09 pm

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La Sal Mountains over Abobe and Fisher Mesas
Feb 15 2017 - 3:24 pm

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Fisher Towers Road
Jul 29 2019 - 2:07 pm

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Fisher Towers backed by La Sal Mountains
May 22 2021 - 10:39 am

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Close up view of Jurassic Wingate cliffs and Permian Cutler Formation (same rock as Fisher Towers)
Jan 21 2018 - 1:01 pm

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Wingate Sandstone monuments in Spanish Valley (aka Castle Valley)
Feb 15 2017 - 2:52 pm

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La Sal Peaks (12,010') and Mt. Wass (12,295', almost hidden) over Abobe Mesa
Feb 15 2017 - 3:20 pm

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Moenkopi Formation with lag gravels (Shinarump Conglomerate?)
Feb 15 2017 - 3:06 pm

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Triassic monuments
May 22 2021 - 10:45 am

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In January after a snow storm
Jan 21 2018 - 1:04 pm

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Monuments (right) as erosional outliers of Adobe Mesa (left)
Jan 21 2018 - 1:41 pm

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Utah State Road 128
May 22 2021 - 10:41 am

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Wierd shaped cross-bedded sandstone weathering
Feb 15 2017 - 2:46 pm

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Yours truly
Feb 15 2017 - 3:06 pm

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US 191 south end of UT 128 at Moab