Spring Garden Photos

Provo River foot bridge.

Chives.

Forget-me-nots.

Snowball bush close-up

Western Utah Flowers

A few flower photos from the western Utah desert. (Click on the photos to see a larger view).

Dwarf Indian Paintbrush in Marjum Pass, House Range, Utah

Yellow spikes for which I have no name (if you know it let me know) near Ibex, Utah.

Here's a pretty white flower for which I don't know the name near Ibex, Utah.

Orange flowers (another one for which I don't know the name) near Ibex, Utah.

Pink phlox amidst the cheat grass in Marjum Pass, House Range.

(All photos were taken by Urthman, and may not be republished without permission)

Spring in the Western Utah Desert

Here are a few photos of some of the spectacular rocks found in western Utah. (Remember: you can click on the photos for a full-sized view of each picture)

Notch Peak made mostly of Cambrian limestones is one of the most dramatic peaks in western Utah. Near the base of the mountain, you can see the tan colored sills of the Notch Peak granite that intruded out into these limestones.

Sawtooth Ridge, with Notch Peak at the center, all part of western Utah's House Range.

Ibex, Utah taken from Fossil Mountain. Ibex is at the southern end of the Barn Hills in Blind Valley. The area is world famous for its Ordovician rocks and is the type area for the Ibexian fauna.

Crystal Peak, composed of 35.4 million-year-old Tunnel Spring Tuff, is one of the most distinctive peaks in western Utah.

From a distance, Crystal Peak looks almost unreal. A bright white mass amid the grays of all the other ranges and mountains.

Limestone thumb in Marjum Pass, House Range, Utah.

(All photos were taken by Urthman, and may not be republished without permission)

Scipio, Utah

Here are a few pictures I took of Scipio, Utah. I always feel like I have just stepped back in time when I pass through this town.

May 2011

Photos from a trip to Eocene mammal fossil localities in Wyoming and Utah. Click on the photos to see a larger view. You can read about the trip at http://urthreport.blogspot.com/

Halfway Hollow in the Duchesne River Formation south of Utah Hwy 121. This locality has produced quite a number of micro-mammal bones and teeth. Many of these fossils are only a millimeter or two in size.

Stuck again, this time in the sand.

Sandstone hoodoo in Uinta Formation, Utah.

Along the White River south of Bonanza, Utah. The low light colored outcrops near the river on the right are the Green River Formation. All the rest of the outcrops are of the Uinta Formation. The Green River and Uinta Formations were deposited in lakes about 45-50 million years ago and contain a good fossil record of the animals and plants that lived in and around these lakes.

Van stuck in swelling clays of the Bridger Formation, Wyoming. Be careful where you drive when it's wet!

The Bridger Formation at Grizzly Buttes, southeast of Mountain View, Wyoming. The dark stripe near the bottom of the hills is the Henry's Fork Tuff bed that has an age of 46.9 million years. Thousands of fossil mammal bones and teeth have come from this area.

The Bridger Formation at Jackson Ridge along the Oregon/Mormon Trail in Wyoming. Site of numerous Eocene mammal fossil discoveries in the late 1800's. The fossils are about 48 million years old.

The Bridger Formation at Church Butte, Wyoming along the Oregon/Mormon Trail. Site of Eocene mammal fossil discoveries in the late 1800's.

Crab apple blossoms in our yard in Provo.

(All photos were taken by Urthman, and may not be republished without permission)

Kowallis Family Album #1

Grandpa Jensen's birthplace and home while growing up in Pleasant View, Utah.

Norma Jensen in the orchard about 1942

Lt. Reinhart T. Kowallis in about 1942

Cheryl and Karla about 1946.

Baby Cheryl with Mother 1944.

Ah...the joys of camp life (Bart, Jill, and Kim).

Eating watermelon with the lambs - 1959 (Jill, Kent, Kim, Bart, Mom)

Central Utah Scenery

Cliff edge near Hell's Backbone, Utah.


Red Canyon, near Bryce Canyon National Park after a fall shower.


Cross-bedded sandstones along Highway 12 near Boulder, Utah.


Cedar Breaks National Monument in October.


Aspens on south end of Aquarius Plateau, Utah.


Morning light at Cedar Breaks National Monument.


Desert rain storm at lower Blues viewpoint near Henrieville, Utah.


Aspen woods, central Utah.


View of Boulder Mountain from Hell's Backbone, near Escalante, Utah.


Scenery near Hell's Backbone, near Escalante, Utah.


Fall flow from Utah's largest spring, Mammoth Spring near Cedar Breaks Natl Mon

Fall in the Wasatch Mountains, Utah

All of these pictures are of the Wasatch Mountains west of Midway, Utah taken in late September 2009.

(All photos were taken by Urthman, and may not be republished without permission)