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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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Cerro del Medio dome in the Valles Calderaphotograph
Cerro del Medio dome in the Valles Caldera with elk track
Chino open pit copper mine
Santa Rita Open Pit Copper Mine
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Rio Chama cliffs
Steamboat Butte
Steamboat Butte
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Barite
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White Rock Canyon
The loading facilities at Southwestern mine, Gallup, New Mexico, April 5, 1933
The Loading Facilities at Southwestern Mine, Gallup, New Mexico, April 5, 1933
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Bisti Badlands
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View from the flanks of Cabezon Peak
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Entrada Sandstone capped by Todilto Formation at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
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Rio Chama
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Sunset at Organ Mountains National Monument (viewed from the outskirts of Las Cruces)
Teakettle Rock
Teakettle Rock, Jemez Mountains
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Cathodoluminescence image of intrasectoral zoning in apatite.
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Handprint Rock Art
Mesa Portales
South side of Mesa Portales
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A view of Cerro Pedernal from Ghost Ranch
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Rickman Basalt
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Turkey vultures after rain
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San Mateo Mountains