High Uinta Mountains Satellite Image
Document Type
Map
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Abstract
As a contribution to the Utah as Art collection created by UtahView, a member of the AmericaView consortium (https://americaview.org/), this image of the High Uinta Mountains, Utah is intended to act as an educational resource to increase interest in the contributions of remote sensing satellites as an aid to Earth resource management. The Uinta Mountains are an east-west trending range located in northeastern Utah, with portions extending into northwestern Colorado and southwestern Wyoming. The Uinta Mountains are the highest range in Utah, with elevations ranging from 8,000 feet in the lower canyons to over 13,500 feet at Kings Peak. A large area of the Uinta Mountains is designated as the High Uinta’s Wilderness Area. This wilderness area is a spectacular region characterized by hundreds of glacier-formed lakes, high peaks, a wide variety of flora and fauna, and a unique alpine ecosystem. This image of the Uinta Mountains is a composite of images captured on various dates in September 2015 by the Operational Land Imager onboard the NASA/USGS Landsat 8 satellite. The composite image was enhanced to bring out the natural colors of this landscape and integrated with terrain data to provide topographic relief.
Recommended Citation
McGinty, Ellie Leydsman and Ramsey, R. D., "High Uinta Mountains Satellite Image" (2022). Wildland Resources Faculty Publications. Paper 3260.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wild_facpub/3260