Butler says pelicans, especially younger birds, are the creatures most often captured in the tar’s sticky grasp. A spiral form of salt-encrusted basalt boulders is just emerging from the pinkish water. So, when you run out of new adventures, go see the Spiral Jetty. The Great Salt Lake would not be at the top of a visitor's list. My undergraduate education has presented me with methods and techniques necessary to improve the human. It’s early September 2002 at Rozel Point in Gunnison Bay (the north arm) of Great Salt Lake about 16 miles (24 km) from the Golden Spike National Historic Site. Utah is a beautiful state, from the high Wasatch and Uinta mountains to the red rock deserts and home to the mighty five National Parks. She and her team of students and fellow researchers at Westminster College frequently study the lake, the animals, and the tar using motion-activated cameras aimed at the area. Robert Smithsons Spiral Jetty, Corinne, UT. (A historical marker located near Corinne in Box Elder County, Utah. A visitor takes pictures of the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California.(Photo from Getty Images)Īmong the animals that find their way into the sticky tar at Rozel Point are pelicans, coyotes, mice, owls, and other small animals and bugs, according to lake researcher Jamii Butler. Spiral Jetty is an earthwork sculpture constructed in April, 1970 that is considered to be the central work of American sculptor Robert Smithson (1938-1973). The animals being entrapped at the Great Salt Lake provide a look at what current wildlife in the area is like now. Good luck getting a modern mountain lion or other regional animals through the busy urban area of Los Angeles nowadays. Youll see the rocket garden on the right. Built on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake near Rozel Point in Utah entirely of mud, salt crystals, basalt rocks and water, Spiral Jetty forms a 1,500-foot-long (460 m), 15-foot-wide (4. The difference is that the discoveries at the L.A.-based tar pit are long gone and have been there for thousands, if not millions of years. Address: 9160 UT-83, Corinne, UT Directions: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems. Last week we set out on a family adventure to find a hidden gem in Utah that none of us had ever seen in person before. The animals in Utah are quite smaller than the ones at La Brea, which have been home to discoveries of prehistoric creatures such as mammoths, ground sloths, and saber-tooth cats. The Spiral Jetty is located about 45 miles outside Brigham City, in Utah at Rozel Point on the Northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake. But one thing that the tar seeps in Utah share with the tar pits in Hollywood is the presence of animal entrapments in the sticky goo.
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