New Mexico is
not always the color of
brown adobe walls.
Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico
photographed 6.30.2024
#haiku #poetry #vallescaldera
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The night sky over Valles Caldera glows with countless stars. The faint band of the Milky Way arcs across the frame above silhouetted treetops, capturing the vast stillness of New Mexico’s high country at night.
The Milky Way over Valles Caldera — where darkness brings out the quiet beauty of New Mexico’s night sky. What’s the most unforgettable sky you’ve seen?
#Photography #Astrophotography #MilkyWay #NightSky #VallesCaldera #NewMexico #Stargazing #ScottKissPhoto
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A raven sits on a log in front of a wooden fence
*insert obligatory Poe quote*
#birds #raven #poe #corvid #birdoftheday #blackbird #nature #wildlife #protectnature #vallescaldera #photography #EastCoastKin
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Male American Kestrel
Valles Caldera National Preserve
Sept 9, 2025
#Birds #Kestrel #Raptor #VallesCaldera #Wildlife
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"I'm not sure I trust you... I'll be moving over here..." (Who has NOT seen this expression in their own dog?)
Adolescent Coyote (Canis latrans)
Valles Caldera National Preserve in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico
Sept 9, 2025
#Wildlife #Coyote #VallesCaldera #NewMexico
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The Milky Way stretches across a dark night sky above Valles Caldera in New Mexico. The silhouettes of tall pine trees line the horizon, with countless stars scattered overhead, glowing in cool blues and soft whites.
The Milky Way glows over Valles Caldera, with pine silhouettes standing watch under a sky full of stars.
Can you see the Milky Way near where you live?
#Photography #Astrophotography #MilkyWay #NightSky #DarkSky #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #VallesCaldera #ScottKissPhoto
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Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis)
Valles Caldera National Preserve
#Wildlife #squirrel #VallesCaldera #NewMexico
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"Coming Storm"
Valle Toledo, Valles Caldera National Preserve
August 19, 2025
#Landscape #VallesCaldera #NewMexico
The peaks seen in the photo are the lava domes of the Toledo Caldera. The Toledo Caldera(1.6 mya) formed before Valles Caldera (1.24 mya) and lies to the northeast of Valles Caldera
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Valle San Antonio Wildflowers
Looking south across Valle San Antonio on a cloudy summer day.
Valles Caldera Back Country
Jemez Mountains, New Mexico.
July 2025
#Landscape #VallesCaldera #NewMexico #Summer #Wildflowers
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"Dream Yard"
A log cabin and old wooden corral in Valle San Antonio, Valles Caldera, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
#Landscapes #RockyMountains #JemezMountains #Vallescaldera #NewMexico
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Someone needs a hot cocoa and a warm bed...
Coyote
Valles Caldera National Preserve
07-15-2025
#Coyote #VallesCaldera #NewMexico
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Sometimes living in northern New Mexico is a dream.
Short daytrips always create opportunities for nice photos.
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The Milky Way stretches faintly above silhouetted pine trees at Valles Caldera, New Mexico, captured under a dark, star-filled sky.
The Milky Way over Valles Caldera, New Mexico — just beginning to emerge as night falls. No tracker, just a peaceful single exposure under some of the best skies in the Southwest.
#Photography #Astrophotography #MilkyWay #VallesCaldera #NightSkyPhotography #ScottKissPhoto
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Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)
Valles Caldera, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
07.03.2025
#Squirrel #NewMexico #VallesCaldera
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Visited Valles Caldera National Park today and had a nice visit with this beautiful coyote.
#Coyote #VallesCaldera #NewMexico
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Valles Caldera, New Mexico's Jemez Mountains
Elk herd of maybe 250-300 animals grazing in the Valle Grande of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. This is adjacent to public land the Trump Administration wants to sell off.
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A grassland within a mega volcano caldera.
My lunch spot today. #VallesCaldera #PublicLands #NewMexico
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🌋 Valles Caldera National Preserve
13 miles wide, this ancient supervolcano is now a lush basin filled with elk, wildflowers, trout streams, and hot springs. A rare mix of fire & serenity.
📍 Jemez Mountains, NM
🔗 www.nps.gov/vall/index.htm
#VallesCaldera #VolcanicBeauty 🧵4/14
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Black and white photo of the Commissary Cabin in the Cabin District at Valles Caldera National Preserve. The weathered log structure has a small porch, wooden stairs, and is surrounded by tall pine trees.
This is the Commissary Cabin at Valles Caldera’s historic Cabin District. Weathered, worn, and full of untold stories.
Follow for more images of places that speak softly but last, and share this with a fellow history buff.
#Photography #VallesCaldera #CommissaryCabin #LogCabin #BlackAndWhite
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A creek meanders through green and gold grasses, reflecting a blue and purple cloudy sky. Blue and purple mountains are in the distance.
Caldera Creek 16x20 " oil on canvas
From the center of #VallesCaldera, where a creek meanders through the grassland. ##NewMexico #landscape #landofenchantment #painting #art #BskyArt #ArtYear #ArtShare #onlybeautifulthings #hiking
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The Valles Caldera or Jemez Caldera under the last gasp of a high mountain winter.
A 13.7 mile wide volcanic caldera (a large, bowl-like depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses) in the Jemez mountains.
#NewMexico #jemezmountains #vallescaldera
Canon 5D mark II & EF 17-40mm f/4L
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Valles Caldera is an ancient supervolcano—and now one of NM’s most unique preserves. 🌋 Wander among wild elk herds and steaming geothermal meadows nestled in the Jemez Mountains.
#VallesCaldera #GeologyLovers 🧵6/14
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Disappointment
Two coyotes hunting at Valles Caldera (NM) came across a hawk with a killed fat prairie dog. The coyotes managed to steal the prize but one ran off with it and wasn't sharing. This one is disappointed watching its companion go.
#Photography
#Coyotes
#wildlife
#NewMexico
#VallesCaldera
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In the early morning hours, the Milky Way adorns the heavens above New Mexico's Valles Caldera National Preserve. #nightphotography #universe #galaxy #vallescaldera #astrophotography
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