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New
Mexico Landscape Photographs ©0710 Hills of Truth or Consequences |
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Remember "The Derrick Floor" - Artesia, New Mexico |
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New
Mexico Landscape Photographs
©0724 Walls of Adobe |
Scenic
pictures of New Mexico ©0713 Leopold Vista of Gila Wilderness |
Scenic
pictures of New Mexico ©0725 Museum of Space History |
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 New Mexico Pan ©0708 Emory Pass New Mexico |
 New Mexico Pan ©0709 White Sands National Monument |
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©1066
El Morro
National Monument |
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El Morro
Petroglyphs |
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MAP
of New Mexico Colors |
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NM Natural History Museum |
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Gypsum Sand in Morning Light |
©0719 Rosemary Mint |
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Scenic
pictures of New Mexico ©0711 Bitter Lake at Roswell, NM |
White
Sands National Monument ©0720 Moonlight on the Desert |
White
Sands National Monument ©0721 Dancing in the Color |
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New
Mexico landscape photographs ©0715 Nazlini Badlands |
New
Mexico landscape photographs ©0717 Las Cruces Cotton Field |
New
Mexico landscape photographs ©0718 Red Sandstone of Gallup NM |
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Artesia's Oil Refinery |
New
Mexico Photos ©0722 SycamoreTrees |
New
Mexico Photos ©0723 Collared Lizard |
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Soaptree Yucca |
This Gallery is
a scenic view of New Mexico... a colorful landscape...
a colorful people
Consider
the people of Truth or Consequences
... a town willing to adopt the name of
a TV program! Far north in Gallup,
Native Americans created large sculptures of
wildlife; they perch on Redrock
Sandstone that forms the area's hills.
And the landscapes? Colorful striped badlands,
north of Nazlini, display
the variety of ancient soils frozen in time during
global cooling. Yes, colorful indeed, New Mexico is
made of adobe ,
Yucca and
gypsum sand.
Much New
Mexico landscape photography is possible as there
is a paradoxical mix of productive
Las Cruces Cotton Fields , yet
the isolation of the Gila Wilderness...of
endulged birds at Bitter
Lake at Roswell, yet cringing
Collared Lizards hiding
from the piercing sun. It is a logical place
for a Dinosaur Museum, as
this is where the asteroid hit that extinguished them.
It is a logical place for the Museum
of Space History, as the clarified air of
the New Mexican high desert fostered research
that led the way. Throngs of
visitors clammer to
White Sands National Monument,
learning they must stall their view of sparkling
white gypsum till the road reopens... that is,
if a missile is being tested.
Sycamores and
sunsets attest to the
softness of New Mexican life.
Artesia's Oil Refinery, (and
the men on the derrick floor)
like the desert's heroic Rosemary
Mint tells the story of harsh challenges that
must be overcome.
The roads that twist toward
Emory Pass (8100')
let you experience the solitude of the Mimbres Mountains
of the Gila National Forest. If you are very
quiet, you can hear spotted owl, and very very quiet...
your own thoughts.
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Last Updated 5-14-2013