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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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Gneiss Brecciation
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
photograph Fractured sandstone, Arroyo del Tajo, Quebradas
Fractured sandstone, Arroyo del Tajo, Quebradas
Evening Light
Evening light on the Pajarito Plateau
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Knife-edge Fault in the Sandia Mountains
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Face in rock
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Drone view upstream of Bridge rapid on the Rio Chama
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Winter View From the Top of Tesuque Peak
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Where the Tumbleweeds roam
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Cerro de la Olla
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Electron Microprobe Backscatter Electron Image
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Slab of Rinconada Formation
Photograph of several pronghorn standing in grassland under stormy skies
Pronghorn on the plains
Box Canyon Road Cut
Road Cut Exposure of Feeder Dike and Buttress Unconformity at Box Canyon
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Examining the Travesser Formation, Union County
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Socorro under the storm from Quebradas road
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Paleozoic strata of the Caballo Mountains
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City of Rocks
Red Wash Canyon
Red Wash Canyon, near Abiquiu. Cerro Negro in the distance
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Wildlife in Bosque Del Apache