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Image of the Day — Granite Sentinels

Posted: Monday, January 22, 2024

photograph: Granite Cliffs, Sandia Mtns

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: -106.442241669
Latitude: 35.088661267
  (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