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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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Fly Ash From a Coal Fired Power Plant
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Sunrise over the Rio Grand Rift
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Fault-propagation fold in the Yeso Fm.
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Migmatite on northern Rincon Ridge
Ancient Dwellings
Pre-Puebloan Condos
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Escavada Wash, Sandoval County
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Gila fire at sunset
Valle Grande
Valle Grande reservoir, Valles Caldera National Preserve
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Chalky horizons of the Niobrara Formation in the Mancos Shale
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Steve Cather Speaking at the 2014 NMGS Fall Field Conference
Photograph of several pronghorn standing in grassland under stormy skies
Pronghorn on the plains
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Monocline at the edge of the Rio Grande Rift
Nighttime Monsoon and Lightning over Polvadera Mountain
Nighttime Monsoon Rain and Lightning over Polvadera, July
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Mudcracks
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Snow on Sandia Mountains
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Face in rock
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Ghost Train of the Sacramento Mountins
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Limestone Ridge in the Quebradas
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Fall in La Cienega
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Rio Chama