Explore the breathtaking geological formations and iconic national parks that define Utah's stunning landscape.
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Utah's Five Parks One Ancient Story
This series, Utah's Red Rock Masterpieces, explores the geology, history, and hidden stories behind some of the most dramatic landscapes on Earth.
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Two Thousand Arches in One Place
Over two thousand natural stone arches stand within a single stretch of eastern Utah, making this the densest concentration of such formations anywhere on Earth.
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Frost and Time Built These Spires
Bryce Canyon holds the largest collection of hoodoos on Earth — roughly tens of thousands of these narrow rock spires packed into a series of natural amphitheaters along…
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Two Rivers Carved a Wilderness Apart
The Colorado and Green Rivers meet at the heart of Canyonlands National Park, and their confluence splits the landscape into something rare — a park divided into…
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A Hundred Mile Wrinkle in Earth
About sixty-five million years ago, the same tectonic forces that built the Rocky Mountains buckled a single layer of Earth's crust here into a massive step-shaped fold…
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A River Carved Through Stone Giants
The Virgin River drops more elevation per mile than almost any other river on the Colorado Plateau, and that relentless descent carved Zion Canyon to depths exceeding…
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Goblins, Dead Horses, and Martian Hills
Goblin Valley State Park looks like something a sculptor hallucinated — thousands of mushroom-shaped sandstone towers, some barely three feet tall, others looming…
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Water Wind and Ice Shape Utah
A single flash flood can move more sediment in one hour than a year of steady rainfall. That fact alone explains much of what you see across Utah's landscape.
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