I love geology. You never stop learning something new.

I worked in oil exploration as a young man. It was through every desert in the country apart from one. There is something just so majestic about being a thousand miles from anywhere and from almost from anyone. The sky is God's canvas. The moon and the stars at night, no city person could ever know their absolute beauty. You can read a book under the moon and by starlight. One time after a few very hard weeks, we were all laid up and camped under a huge mesa for a few days waiting to be evacuated by plane. A group of 30 men and their gear and their machines and their bunks under the stars and someone was playing Willie Nelson's 'Stardust' over and over again. When I got back home to the city, I bought the tape and have it still to this very day. 'Stardust' just takes me back to the desert nights every time I play it. I often think of driving back out there and 'leaving this earth',out there when I'm older and ready to go. Sorry. I got right off the track. Great video and I'll get back to it and pay it more attention. Thanks.

In the 1980s I lived in Salt Lake City. I used to come to Antelope Springs & the House Range to collect trilobite fossils. This was before mineral claims were filed & the area became commercialized. Cambrian shale exposures were everywhere. I collected 100s of trilobites over a period of four years. This is a world class area for trilobite collectors.

"Baked." Gotta love it.

Thanks for this great video, Shawn! Notch Peak is one of Utah's best kept secrets! It really is an amazing place. The last time I was there a few years ago I camped along the side of the dirt road (I wasn't sure if my car could go any further) just below where you filmed this video. Probably where you parked your truck! 😂 It was early October and that night was the most eerily quiet night I've ever experienced. No people. No wind. No insect noises. Just the occasional sound of an owl hooting in the distance and a few jets passing high overhead. And the stars were spectacular! some of the darkest night skies in the country! And of course, the geology can't be beat! Hiking up the "notch" on the west side is amazing! Hiking to the summit and walking through the ancient bristlecones on the east side is amazing! I can't wait to go back!!! 😄

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I once flew a small airplane over the summit of Notch Peak very low, heading NW.  The visual effect of that drop was surreal, unsettling.

This geology is beyond spectacular! Just incredible to see. Thanks Shawn for sharing.

The beauty is almost overwhelming! Such magnificent contrasting layers.  Thank you for providing this incredible scene and explaining its origins.

The west is a target rich environment for geologists indeed!

Wow, gorgeous and exciting rocks!  Fantastic scenery... how cool to have it explained.  Thanks so much, Shawn.

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Thank you so much for making this!  I’ve been trying to understand the layers at Notch Peak and this is the best explanation I’ve found!

I will show this to my geology class.   Thanks for your work.

It's quite a hike up to the Notch!

Great contact zone, thanks for the pics.

One of my favorite places in Utah! Been there a number of times and the landscape has inspired the art I make. Nice to learn more about the geology out there. Thanks!

I drove through Utah in 2002. Loved it.  Around every corner was a new and improbable sight.

Excellent. Thanks for the sequence of events at the end. Helped peice it all together.

Okay, Shawn, thanks because "topographic expression" is itself an excellent topographic expression-