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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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Starry Night - by Abo Formation
photograph: Granite Cliffs, Sandia Mtns
Granite Sentinels
photograph
Overlook of White Sands, Tularosa Basin
Red Cliffs at Water Canyon
Red Cliffs of Santa Fe Group Conglomerate at Water Canyon
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Contorted gypsum-limestone laminations
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New Building
photograph of cross beds in Ojo Caliente Sandstone
Cross beds in Ojo Caliente Sandstone, Arroyo Palacio
Red Wash Canyon
Red Wash Canyon, near Abiquiu. Cerro Negro in the distance
photograph: The Cleft, Sandia Granite
The Cleft
lizard in profile atop a rock
San Lorenzo Canyon lizard
photograph
Wildlife in Bosque Del Apache
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Planning a Fieldtrip in the Sacramento Mountains
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Fall on the Rio Grande
photograph
Plaza Blanca in the spring
Mesa Portales
South side of Mesa Portales
photograph
Tent Rock Erosion
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Monocline along Little San Pascual Mtn fault
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Petrified Tree, Bisti Badlands
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Belen Travertine
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Picacho Peak