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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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Moonrise over the Fra Cristobal Mountains
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Folded Paleozoic limestones in the Little San Pascual Mountains
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Doña Ana Sunset
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Chimney Rock near Ghost Ranch
Ghost Ranch from Rim Vista trail
Mesozoic rocks of Ghost Ranch country
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Horseshoe Crater
photograph: Granite boulders, Sandia Mtns
The Rock Pile
view of the Organ Mountains topped by a large cloud
Cloudy Organ Mountains
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Incised Valley floor
Pronghorn graze in a partially shadowed grassland, while in the south slopes of Sugarloaf Mountain curve up to a small mesa.
Pronghorn and Sugarloaf Mountain
Granite slot canyon
Precambrian granite of Arroyo del Tajo
photograph of a mesa near Sanostee, NM
Mesa near Sanostee
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Space cows of the VLA
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Mount Taylor, a large strato-volcano near Grants, NM, viewed from I-40.
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Drone panoramic photo looking upstream along the Rio Chama from Archuleta Ranch.
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Southeast Strawn Pool Map
Los Alamos natural arch
The Arch
photographHematite dendrites on a granitic boulder in the Quebradas
Hematite dendrites on a granitic boulder in the Quebradas
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Manzano Mountains Sunrise
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Escavada Wash, Sandoval County