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Image of the Day — Taking flight in front of the Sandia Mountains

Posted: Monday, April 1, 2024

photograph: Taking Flight from the Albuquerque Bosque in front of The Needle, Sandia Mtns

Taking flight from the Albuquerque bosque in front of the Needle, Sandia Mtns, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Image taken: 12/04/2020
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: -106.660945
Latitude: 35.069504
  (WGS 84 or NAD 83)

About this image

Geese and duck taking flight from the Albuquerque bosque in front of the Needle, Sandia Mtns, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Madera Group Limestone (~300 Ma; upper tree-covered horizontal layers) on Sandia Granite (~1453 Ma; lower pink cliffs).

Image posted: 06-20-2021