Driving from Salt Lake City into the Uinta Basin in northeastern Utah, the route explodes with long bursts of visible layers of deposition—eye candy to geologists and the untrained alike, the latter not knowing exactly what they’re looking at but certain it is significant.

A taste of what’s to come is upon arrival at the Salt Lake City airport upon exiting the security-cleared side into a long hall with a wall covering that protrudes, creating a water-sculpted canyon cave.

Seating is in the form of stratigraphically layered mesas that beg to be climbed—and some visitors likely have, but quickly before being told to climb down.

Driving from Salt Lake City into the Uinta Basin in northeastern Utah, the route explodes with long bursts of visible layers of deposition—eye candy to geologists and the untrained alike, the latter not knowing exactly what they’re looking at but certain it is significant.

A taste of what’s to come is upon arrival at the Salt Lake City airport upon exiting the security-cleared side into a long hall with a wall covering that protrudes, creating a water-sculpted canyon cave.

Seating is in the form of stratigraphically layered mesas that beg to be climbed—and some visitors likely have, but quickly before being told to climb down.