In 2012, Bryce Canyon National Park alone reported over 50,000 night-sky related visits, contributing over $2 million to the local economy. Colorado Plateau national parks offer naturally dark, ...

My goal on a hike last week was to photograph a series of inaccessible alcoves high on a wall in the Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness on the Colorado Plateau. I returned with a photo, but the most ...

GUNNISON, Colo. (CBS4) - Colorado is home to the newest Dark Sky Park in the United States and it's the second designation for the state this year. The Curecanti National Recreation Area is now an ...

The Colorado Plateau – a heart-shaped desert region encompassing portions of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Arizona – is home to some of the most unique landscapes and wildlife in the entire nation.

Long after tectonic plate movement has created mountains, forces such as weather and river erosion can continue to shape a landscape. One such landscape is the Colorado Plateau, which spans more ...

The Epic Journey of Geology 310's Crew, Summer 2008 Traipsing in the Blue Ridge. Scuttling about that incredible granite exposure at Richmond’s Belle Isle. A departmental trip to the Potomac River’s ...

In those eons the plateau country was flat and much lower than its heights today, which are typically 5,000 feet (1,524 meters) above sea level. Winds also contributed raw material, the makings of ...

The Colorado Plateau is an elevated area, most of it lying well above one-to-two miles (2-5 km) above sea level. There is no evidence of a massive impact being responsible for the creation of the ...

The Colorado Plateau had thirteen additional spring visitors this year. More conspicuous in our convoy of rental cars than the migratory geese that loudly pronounce spring’s arrival, at times more ...