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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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Find the faults
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Rio Chama
photograph: Petroglyphs on Basalt
Three Historical Events: Eruption, Mass Wasting and Humans
Red Wash canyon
Red Wash canyon and the Canones Fault
The Old Abe mill at White Oaks, New Mexico, early 1900's
The Old Abe Mill
Socorro Peak
Socorro Peak from the south
The loading facilities at Southwestern mine, Gallup, New Mexico, April 5, 1933
The Loading Facilities at Southwestern Mine, Gallup, New Mexico, April 5, 1933
Apollo 15 astonauts training along the rim of the Rio Grande Gorge
Apollo 15 Astonauts Training Along the Rim of the Rio Grande Gorge
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Ghost Ranch
view of the Organ Mountains topped by a large cloud
Cloudy Organ Mountains
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Chalky horizons of the Niobrara Formation in the Mancos Shale
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Thermal Maturity in the Subsurface of the Estancia Basin
Espanola Basin
Rio Grande Rift in northern New Mexico
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Beach front property... in the Pleistocene
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Small arch in the Bisti Badlands
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Hoodoo in the Bisti Badlands
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We Sell a Large Variety of Topographic Maps
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View from the flanks of Cabezon Peak
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Drone view upstream of Bridge rapid on the Rio Chama
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Dessicated muddy sand (drill cuttings)