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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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Southeast Strawn Pool Map
Contact metamorphism along a dike
Baked sandstone on a basalt dike at "Hells Gate"
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Examining the Travesser Formation, Union County
Red Wash Canyon
Red Wash Canyon, near Abiquiu. Cerro Pedernal in the distance
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Wild Rivers Recreation Area
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Sandia Mountains and White Mesa
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Sunburst at Tent Rocks
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Moonrise over the Fra Cristobal Mountains
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Petrified wood in the Bisti Badlands
Water Canyon Cliffs
Red Cliffs At Water Canyon
Red Cliffs at Water Canyon
Red Cliffs of Santa Fe Group Conglomerate at Water Canyon
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Azurite, Malachite, and Calcite
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Stilbite & Apophyllite
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Sierra Blanca
Ojo Caliente Sandstone
Ojo Caliente Sandstone in Arroyo Palacio, Rio Arriba County, NM
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Balanced rock in the Ojito Wilderness
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Folded Paleozoic limestones in the Little San Pascual Mountains
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Cerro de la Olla
Ancient Dwellings
Pre-Puebloan Condos
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Mount Taylor, a large strato-volcano near Grants, NM, viewed from I-40.