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Eagle Gate Close-up – Salt Lake City – Utah

April 12, 2023 0 Comments

Eagle Gate Close-up - Salt Lake City - Utah

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Eagle Gate Close-up. Eagle Gate sits at the corner of State Street and South Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Eagle was originally wooden, and marked the entrance to Brigham Young’s property at City Creek an area between the state capitol, the Wasatch Foothills and the downtown urban center of the city. As Salt Lake City grew and streets widened, Eagle Gate has gone through a couple of updates since the original gate was built. In both cases, the designer was a direct descendant of Brigham Young, first his son, and then grandson.

The current eagle is bronze, sitting on a beehive (a Mormon symbol of industry), and weighs more than 4,000 pounds. Along with the Beehive and Lion Houses that stand beside it, Eagle Gate is one of the most recognized pioneer landmarks in Utah.

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Sunset Ridge – Uinta Mountain Range – Utah

April 7, 2023 0 Comments

Sunset Ridge - Uinta Mountain Range - Utah

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Sunset Ridge – Uinta Mountain Range – Utah

The Uinta Mountains, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, are the highest east-west mountain range in the United States, and the highest mountain range in the state of Utah. The highest peak, Kings Peak is 13,528 ft. Much of the rain from the east and southeast portions of the range flow into the Green River, and ultimately down the Colorado River to Mexico. Whereas water from the west and northwest portions of the range flow into the Provo, Weber and Bear Rivers. All three rivers flow into lakes, including Bear Lake, Utah Lake, and the Great Salt Lake, which is itself the end point for all three rivers, in Utah’s West Desert.

The high Uintas were extensively glaciated during the last ice age, and most of the large stream valleys on both the north and south sides of the range held long valley glaciers.

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Dead Utah Juniper Orange Sand Arches National Park – Moab

April 5, 2023 0 Comments

Dead Utah Juniper Orange Sand Arches National Park - Moab

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A gnarly branch of a dead Utah Juniper tree (Juniperus osteosperma), lying across the orange sand commonly found in Arches National Park, in Utah’s desert canyon region. Part of the Colorado Plateau region of the American Southwest.

Arches National Park is famous for its sandstone arches, which form from the Entrada Sandstone that lies across the park, and which is responsible for the sand seen here. More than 2000 arches exist in the park, and have formed over thousands and in some cases millions of years, due largely to wind, rain, and the freeze/thaw cycle during the year.

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