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   The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes   
   and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and   
   archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory   
   captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The   
   community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and   
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    Reflections on the Southern Wasatch Mountains   
      
      May 31, 2022   
      
       NeboUtCo1450c_11mar22   
      
      Photographer:  Ray Boren   
      
      Summary Author:  Ray Boren   
      
      A rural pond mirrors the majestic southern peaks of the  Wasatch   
      Mountains in this photograph, taken on March 11, 2022, a mild day   
      poised between winter and spring. The pasture lands, just south of   
       Utah Lake, are wet but mostly free of snow. Conversely, fresh snow   
      blankets the mountains and their alluvial slopes almost down to the   
      Utah Valley floor.   
      
      The  Wasatch Range, a western outlier of the Rocky Mountains, is   
      often called “the spine of Utah,” because it extends north and south   
      through the middle of the state. The mountains stretch about 250 miles   
      (402 km) from near the Utah-Idaho border to terminate on the south at   
       Mount Nebo, the peak shown to the right in this photograph. It is   
      the range’s highest in elevation, at 11,933 feet (3,637 m.) above sea   
      level. Other prominent summits pictured are Loafer Mountain, dominating   
      to the left, and Dry Mountain. The southern Wasatch, a product of the   
       Laramide Orogeny and the  Wasatch Fault, include sedimentary,   
      volcanic and metamorphic rocks and strata from the Precambrian,   
      Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras.   
      
      The pond is fed by runoff from winter precipitation and offers a lovely   
      example the law of reflection. Specifically visible in the photo above   
      is  specular reflection, which occurs when rays of light bounce off   
      the clear, calm water to produce a mirror-like, albeit inverted, image.   
        * Wasatch Range, Utah Coordinates: 39.926, -111.872   
      
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