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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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Granite slot canyon
Precambrian granite of Arroyo del Tajo
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Electron Microprobe Backscatter Electron Image
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Socorro Mountains from Spook Canyon road
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Magdalena mountains
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Reflection Pool
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Sunset looking down Juan Tabo Canyon
Perlite crusher
Perlite Crusher
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Chino mine
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Sandstone-Capped Hoodoos, Bisti Badlands, San Juan Basin
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Winter View From the Top of Tesuque Peak
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Microbursts on the Plains of San Agustin near the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
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St. Anthony mine pit
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Face in rock
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Colorful Cretaceous sandstones in the Ojito Wilderness
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Wild Rivers Recreation Area
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Gila fire at sunset
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Gneiss Brecciation
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Stilbite & Apophyllite
Pueblo Canyon
Bandelier Tuff and Cerro Toledo Formation, Pueblo Canyon, Los Alamos
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Late quaternary sediments of the San Agustin basin