These photos were taken on the Field Trip to Southern New Mexico from May 12-14, 2001.
I took some pictures of the vehicles before we left.
Inhabitants of the Alien Invaders van ready for departure.
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Andreas talked about the Cross Hill Landslide.
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Jason test fires a spudzooka as the Alien Invaders van members
change their delaminated tire.
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These are some photos in and around Kilbourne Hole, a very large Maar
crater.
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We also stopped at another Maar crater a few miles to the south called
Hunt's Hole. We didn't find any mantle xenoliths, but we did find two
rattlesnakes.
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We also visted White Sands National Monument.
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The final morning we were in the Valley of Fires overlooking the Carrizozo
flow, which was totally cool.
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We stopped at White Oaks and learned about laccoliths.
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After that we headed to the VLA.
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Our last fieldtrip stop was at the Porphyry copper mine near Clifton, AZ.
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