Feds Rush to Cash in on Seized Bitcoin Cache Before the Bubble Bursts
Feds are eager to exchange a bitcoin haul seized from the leader of an opioid drug operation because they are worried the digital booty could devalue at any moment.
Here's the One Thing US Customs Seized in Utah This Summer
Yesterday, we looked at all of the crazy things that US Customs and Border Protection seized in Florida over the summer. There was everything from Humvees to Super Bowl rings to “cocaine vaginal inserts.” Over 4,100 items were seized over a three month period. But Gizmodo also got the lists for other states. Like…
The Subway Stop to the Underworld
The Subway is a slot canyon at Zion National Park in Utah. It’s the kind of natural phenomena that looks so beautiful it’s almost otherworldly. You can imagine catching a supernatural train to the underworld here.
Let's Do Some Cosmic Navel-Gazing
This composite shot of the Cosmic Navel, in Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is almost 200 feet wide, with the rock in the middle rising 33 feet above the indentation.
Utah Brings Back the Firing Squad In Case We Run Out of Lethal Drugs
Utah lawmakers are prepared to strap condemned criminals to this horrible chair and shoot them if they need to. They've just approved a bill that would allow the state to execute people by firing squad if there's a shortage of lethal injection chemicals needed to kill people the socially acceptable way.
Wingsuit video shows the impressive scale of the Utah deserts
Moab, Utah. To me, one of the most magical and imposing places on Earth. Nothing would prepare you for its majesty. The vastness of Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park are very hard to appreciate in photos but this wingsuit jump video gives a good sense of scale.
10 Things To Know Before You Go: Moab, Utah 'America's Off-Road Capital'
Moab, Utah comes up in every conversation about America's off-road destinations. The region's unique "slickrock" makes for a driving experience unlike anything else, set to breathtaking views and some of the strongest off-road culture anywhere. Here are a few things to think about as you plan your first pilgrimage.
The Biggest Man-Made Hole on Earth
A few weeks ago, we looked at a photo essay on Mir Mine, a nearly mile-wide mine in Eastern Siberia that's one of the largest man-made holes on Earth's surface. It made us wonder: Where the largest hole ever made by humans? As it turns out, it's right here in the United States.
This Image of the NSA's Utah Data Center Was Taken From the EFF's Blimp
At the end of June, a coalition led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation trolled the NSA by air, hiring a huge blimp to hover over the agency's new data center in Utah. Now, the EFF has released a huge image of the high-security center. It's both banal and terrifying.
Why There's an Electric Blue Lake in the Middle of the Utah Desert
Next time you're flying over Moab, Utah—okay, maybe the next time you're checking out Google Maps—look over to see this lake of unnatural shape and color. You can't miss it; it's the electric blue smudge in an ocean of brown rock.
Dark Skies Over a Natural Bridge
Natural Bridges National Monument is the first national monument in Utah. In 2007, it also became the first recognized Dark Sky Park, earning a gold-star rating for extremely good visibility including air glow, the Milky Way, and faint meteors. Best of all, it's only $3 per week to visit.
For These Five Scientists, The Deserts Of Utah Are Like Mars on Earth
In the 1960s, Apollo astronauts trained for their moon missions in Iceland. Today, members of the Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) play Mars-colony in the striated deserts of Utah.
Architect Repays Fickle Utah Customers With Anonymous Concrete Bunker
Are you happy now, Park City? After a planned addition to the Kimball Art Center sparked public outrage over the design—an awesome, spiraling log cabin from space—the architects behind the proposal, Bjarke Ingels Group, have unveiled an austere new design.
No video can capture the colossal beauty of Arches and Canyonlands
Utah is an outstandingly beautiful monumental state, with some of the most incredible landscapes I've ever seen in my life. Monument Valley, the Valley of the Gods, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Capitol Reef, and of course Arches and Canyonlands, which you can see in this timelapse.
You, Too, Can Be Mummified in Utah
While reading Sarah Murray's excellent book, Making An Exit—a global travelogue that explores rituals of dying around the world—I learned that you can actually be mummified by a private company in Utah. They're called Summum, they're based in Salt Lake City, and their process is patented. It involves rubber.
This time-lapse makes me want to move to South Dakota
This is one of the most arresting compilations of landscape and astrovideography we've seen in ages. Titled "Huelux," created by photographer Randy Halverson, the video plays like a greatest-hits reel of natural phenomena in South Dakota, Wyoming and Utah.
A City Getting Google Fiber Explains How Awesome Google Fiber Is
Google Fiber—which for most of us is an idea better than any dream we've ever had—is expanding. After blessing Kansas City with superlightspeed Internet, it's moving on to Austin, Texas and Provo, Utah. Chances are you probably don't live there. Chances are you might have not even heard of Provo. Chances are you're…
Homicidal Lunatics Busted Rigging a Popular Trail With Deadly Medieval Booby Traps
A U.S. Forest Service Officer on foot patrol along a popular trail in Utah made a shocking discovery last week. A couple of crazy men rigged the entrances to a rudimentary shelter with booby traps. People could have died.
Astrologers Predict 1929 Will Be Year of Prosperity
1929 is a rather infamous year in American history.
You Better Watch Where You're Walking in Utah
Utah's Transportation Authority is tired of scraping pedestrians off the sides of its trains, deposited there on account of the person's "distracted walking." So, the UTA is taking the only logical step—imposing fines!
