Image of the Day — Granite Sentinels
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Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Granite Sentinels. Three Guns Spring Trail, South Sandia Mountains, Carnuel, New Mexico.
Image taken:
12/18/2020
by: Mark Leo-Russell
©
2020
Image courtesy of Mark Leo-Russell for use by the NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources. All other rights and use restricted.
Longitude: -106.442242
Latitude: 35.088661
(WGS 84 or NAD 83)
About this image
Granite Sentinels. Sandia Granite cliffs (~1453 Ma) overlain by horizontal beds of Madera Group Limestone (~300 Ma) east of the Three Guns Spring Trail, South Sandia Mountains, Carnuel, New Mexico.
Location
View east from Three Guns Spring Trail, South Sandia Mountains, north of Carnuel, New Mexico.
Camera Details
Canon PowerShot S5 IS Exposure: 35.4 mm f/3.5 1/250 sec ISO 100. Composite image.
Image posted: 06-15-2022