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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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photograph: The Cleft, Sandia Granite
The Cleft
photograph: Granite boulders, Sandia Mtns
The Rock Pile
Valle Grande
Valle Grande reservoir, Valles Caldera National Preserve
The Old Abe mill at White Oaks, New Mexico, early 1900's
The Old Abe Mill
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Folsom Falls
photograph: Inscription Rock
Inscription Rock
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Magdalena Mountains from Chupadera Trail
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Field geologist posing by massive silicified tree trunk
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Microbursts on the Plains of San Agustin near the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
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Rapakivi syenite in the Gallinas Mountains
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Reflection Pool
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Echo Amphitheater
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Entrada Sandstone capped by Todilto Formation at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
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Convoluted Bedding in the Sangre De Cristo Formation
Contact metamorphism along a dike
Baked sandstone on a basalt dike at "Hells Gate"
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Belen Travertine
Sunset over Pajarito Mountain ski area, view from downtown Los Alamos, NMphotograph
Sunset over Pajarito Mountain ski area, view from downtown Los Alamos, NM
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Monument Rock between Datil and Pietown
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Pumpjacks
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Taos Mountains and Servietta Basalts