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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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photograph Fractured sandstone, Arroyo del Tajo, Quebradas
Fractured sandstone, Arroyo del Tajo, Quebradas
Granite slot canyon
Precambrian granite of Arroyo del Tajo
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Capitan Mountains
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Fall on the Rio Grande
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Domino Faulting
Valley of fire
Valley of Fires
Brick Plant at Brickland, New Mexico
Brick Plant at Brickland, New Mexico
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City of Rocks
Valle Grande
Valle Grande reservoir, Valles Caldera National Preserve
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White Sands National Park
photograph Storm over the San Andres Mountains
Storm over the San Andres Mountains
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Folsom Falls
Spodumene laths at the Harding mine near Dixon, New Mexico, ca 1950
Spodumene Crystals
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Rock piles at St. Anthony mine
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Monocline at the edge of the Rio Grande Rift
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Microbursts on the Plains of San Agustin near the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
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Mount Taylor, a large strato-volcano near Grants, NM, viewed from I-40.
Chino open pit copper mine
Santa Rita Open Pit Copper Mine
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View from the flanks of Cabezon Peak
photograph of Wind Mountain with a light dusting of snow
A lightly snow dusted Wind Mountain