Image of the Day — Cerro de la Olla
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Posted: Monday, January 13, 2025
Cerro de la Olla (Pot Mountain), Taos County, NM
Image taken:
07/17/2014
by: Adam Read
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2014
Longitude: -105.681823
Latitude: 36.67675
(WGS 84 or NAD 83)
About this image
Cerro de la Olla (Pot Mountain) is a Pliocene andesitic volcano in the Taos Plateau Volcanic Field. In this view, The Servietta Basalts in the foreground are incised by the Rio Grande Gorge. Brushy Mountain is the pointy peak in the middle distance.
Location
View to the NW from a campground in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument near Questa, NM
Image posted: 12-17-2021