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Image Gallery

The photographs and figures shown on this page and on the banner of our website generally highlight interesting geological features in New Mexico. We also have several curated galleries including our Image of the Day, our pages highlighting New Mexico's Enchanting Landscapes, and snapshots from our Annual NM Mineral Symposium.

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Volcanoes view from Magdalena observatory
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Paleozoic strata of the Caballo Mountains
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Dr. Shari Kelley in the field
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Hoodoos in the Bisti
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Folded Paleozoic limestones in the Little San Pascual Mountains
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San Mateo Mountains Sunrise
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San Ysidro Anticline
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Prickly pear bloom under double rainbow south of Socorro
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Turututu
Charcoal kilns at Lamy New Mexico, September 5, 1922
Charcoal kilns at Lamy New Mexico
Gates of Hell
"Gates of Hell", basalt dike crossing Arroyo del Toro, Rio Arriba County
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Mt. Taylor on a pleasant August day
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Rio Chama cliffs
Sawtooth Mountains sunset, March
Sawtooth Mountains sunset, March
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Monsoon rain over the Gallina Valley, Sandoval County
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Examples of basic principles of geology exposed near San Ysidro, NM
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Irrigated lands in San Acacia region
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Chalky horizons of the Niobrara Formation in the Mancos Shale
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Rapakivi syenite in the Gallinas Mountains
Espanola Basin
Rio Grande Rift in northern New Mexico