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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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Drone view upstream of Bridge rapid on the Rio Chama
photograph
Winter is coming
Tools of the Trade, Gallup area, June
Tools of the Trade, Gallup area, June
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View of Cabezon Peak from the Ojito Wilderness
photograph
Mt. Taylor on a pleasant August day
White Sands National Monument
White Sands National Monument
Ghost Ranch from Rim Vista trail
Mesozoic rocks of Ghost Ranch country
Valley of fire
Valley of Fires
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Panorama of the Rio Chama Wild and Scenic River
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New Building
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Paleozoic strata of the Caballo Mountains
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Bisti Badlands
photograph
Picacho Peak
photograph of a hedgehog cactus with pink blooms in the Cornudas Mountains
Hedgehog cactus in the Cornudas Mountains
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Hoodoos in Ojito Wilderness
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Socorro Peak
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View of the Sandia Mountains from near San Ysidro
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Native Copper
Spodumene laths at the Harding mine near Dixon, New Mexico, ca 1950
Spodumene Crystals
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Argon Geochronology Laboratory