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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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Red Wash Canyon
Red Wash Canyon, near Abiquiu. Cerro Pedernal in the distance
sunset view of the Organ Mountains
Organ Mountains alpenglow
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Wild Rivers Recreation Area
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Highlining in Box Canyon
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View of Cabezon Peak from the Ojito Wilderness
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Top of South Baldy peak
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2023 Annular Eclipse
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Barite
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Concretions in Ojo Caliente Sandstone, Lemitas Trail
Sawtooth Mountains sunset, March
Sawtooth Mountains sunset, March
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Cimarron Canyon
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Contorted gypsum-limestone laminations
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Sandia Mountains and White Mesa
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Dog Canyon
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View down Virgin Canyon towards the Sandia and Manzano mountains
photograph: K-Feldspar Crystal Weathering Out of the Sandia Granite
In-situ K-Feldspar Crystal Weathering Out of the Sandia Granite.
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Beach front property... in the Pleistocene
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Cornudas Mountains Sunset
The Old Abe mill at White Oaks, New Mexico, early 1900's
The Old Abe Mill
photograph: Petroglyphs on Basalt
Three Historical Events: Eruption, Mass Wasting and Humans