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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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Gila National Forest
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Fluorite
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Rock piles at St. Anthony mine
Plaza Blanca
Abiquiu formation at Plaza Blanca, the "White Place".
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Hoodoo
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Hoodoo—Two
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Pumpjack
Cerro Toledo Formation, Kwage Canyon, Los Alamos,NM.photograph
Cerro Toledo Formation, Kwage Canyon, Los Alamos,NM.
Window
Window in Bandelier Tuff, Water Canyon, White Rock. Sangre de Cristos in the background
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Barite
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Shale hills in the Bisti
Red Wash Canyon
Red Wash Canyon, near Abiquiu, angular unconformity
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New Mexico Oil Production Curve from 1924-2016
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Monsoon rain over the Gallina Valley, Sandoval County
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Cornudas Mountains look NW from San Antonio
Contact metamorphism along a dike
Baked sandstone on a basalt dike at "Hells Gate"
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Floating the Chama River
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Crossbedded sandstone on the Hoodoo Trail in the Ojito Wilderness
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Volcanic Rocks in Seboyeta Canyon
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Looking downstream from Big Eddy on the Rio Chama
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View down Virgin Canyon towards the Sandia and Manzano mountains