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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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Contorted gypsum-limestone laminations
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Little San Pascual Mountains
photograph: Workin In A Coal Mine
Workin' In A Coal Mine
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Allosaurus Footprint
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Socorro Peak
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View from Dead Man Peak in the Llaves 15' Quadrangle
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Drone view downstream from below Archuleta Ranch on the Rio Chama
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Geologic Map of New Mexico
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Colorful Cretaceous sandstone in the Ojito Wilderness
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Petroglyphs on a Mancos sandstone
a stand of ocotillo plants with cloud-shrouded mountains in the background
Ocotillos in the Organ Mountains
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Convoluted Bedding in the Sangre De Cristo Formation
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Prickly pear bloom under double rainbow south of Socorro
Angular unconformity
San Lorenzo Canyon unconformity
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Picacho Peak
black and white photo of clouds enveloping the Rabbit Ears peaks
Clouds on the Rabbit Ears
McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains
McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains
La Jencia Tuff at Gray Hill
Xenoliths in Rheomorphic La Jencia Tuff at Gray Hill
Tools of the Trade, Gallup area, June
Tools of the Trade, Gallup area, June
photograph Redondo Peak
Redondo Peak