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Rio Grande Rift
Valles Caldera,New Mexico one of the largest calderas in the world. View is facing the center, north direction.
Valles Caldera, New Mexico. View of the farthest extent to the east.
Ice Cave near Bandera Crater from the Zuni-Bandera Volcanic Field.
Basalt forming columnar jointing in Cerros del Rio volcanic Field.
Bomb sag in sedimentary layers on outer rim of Kilbourne Hole. Sedimentary Layer are highly deformed, but the layers are welded together very well.
Photos by Author 2014.
Soda Dam. Geothermally heated from beneath the caldera, but water is fed from the Jemez River. Water in the dam is very cold but in near by seeps the water is boiling and radiates smell of sulfuric acid from chemical composition.
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