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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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La Jencia Tuff at Gray Hill
Xenoliths in Rheomorphic La Jencia Tuff at Gray Hill
McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains
McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains
Modoc mine and mill in the Organ Mountains in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, 1905
Modoc Mine and Mill
Rockin' Lizard
Rockin' Lizard
Perlite crusher
Perlite Crusher
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Becker Quadrangle
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Fusulinid, Sandia Mountains
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Irrigated lands in San Acacia region
San Lorenzo Canyon
San Lorenzo Canyon
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Uranophane
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Gneiss Brecciation
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Monocline at the edge of the Rio Grande Rift
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Sandstone-Capped Hoodoos, Bisti Badlands, San Juan Basin
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Socorro Monsoon
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Top of South Baldy peak
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Box Canyon
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Slickenlines on Dakota sandtone
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Mudcracks
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
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Examples of basic principles of geology exposed near San Ysidro, NM