Carlsbad, New Mexico
El Capitan above, cyclic sediments in the Brushy Canyon Formation below
A
pendant sponge, Lemonia (center, vertical) hanging from a large platy sponge,
Guadalupia Zitteliana
(horizontal, above center) on the Permian reef
trail
Earle McBride examines Permian cycles in Rocky Arroyo
Tepee in the Caverns Parking Lot
Tina Brister and Emily Lu descending into Carlsbad Caverns
A distinctive stalagmite in the Caverns
Alamagordo, New Mexico
Dennis Ruez views the overlook from the Sacramento Mountains (White Sands barely perceptable in background
The whole crowd from the Sacramento Mountains overlook: Can you find your child?
A near-vertical igneous dike cross-cutting near-horizontal Pennsylvanian strata
White Sands gallery:
Roman Pineda, Earle McBride, Adam Dunn, Shane Valentine, Tina Brister, Reilly Holgreen, and Tom Miskelly align themselves in direction of gysum sand grain transport
A storm approaches
The aftermath of Josh Bray's Karate Kid seagull kick
Katie Woodruff elevates in launch onto lee face of dune
Mary Megan Harrison and Matt Van Wie making UT in the sand, and the final product
The group at White Sands
Durango, Colorado
Near Molas Pass, Tom Miskelly, Jay Banner, Riley Holmgreen, Chadwick Hintz, unknown, and Matt Van Wie head down through 200 million years of geologic time
Sand and mud channel in the Pennsylvanian Molas Formation
Mississippian Ouray-Leadville limestone (grey) paleokarst breccia with Pennsylvanian Molas Formation mud infill (red)
Burrows in the McCracken Formation
Aaron Abel, Jonathan Skaggs, Roman Pineda, and Eric Wofford take notes in the shade at the Dolores Formation
