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It turns out, most of the extinct volcanoes in New Mexico owe their existence to the Rio Grande Rift, which started forming around 35 million years ago toward the end of the Laramide Orogeny, the episode of mountain building that created the Rocky Mountains. The crust started pulling apart in a long line that neatly bisected New Mexico, creating volcanoes and volcanic valleys. The rift continued for many millions of years and may, in fact, still be going on.

This particular valley around Taos was filled with flows of basalt and rhyolite lava thousands of feet deep over a period between 1.8 million and 4 million years ago. At some point much more recently, the Rio Grande started flowing over this generally flat plain, where it began carving its gorge. It's managed to dig 650 feet into the lava beds so far, exposing some fun formations for geological types.

Side note: My mental view of the Rio Grande has always been colored by the images of a narrow stream lined with prison fences in south Texas scrub desert. I knew it had gorges, but I don't guess I'd ever believed it. I was pleasantly surprised.

almost extinct by Valerie Reneé

"extinct," 8.5"x11.5, mixed on wood. 2011 by Sean Bernhardt

Extinct by John Barton

Extinct by Liane Benedict

Frog Pond Farm Homer, NY

Gastrioceras circumnodosum by Mo Hassan

Fossil goniatite at Natural History Museum, London.

Gastrioceras circumnodosum Foord, 1903

Gastrioceratidae

Goniatitida

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs 04.10.2014 by Rebecca Houlden

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs @ Listen Out Festival, Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne

October 4th, 2014

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Life extinct by Lol™

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Baby_Maiasaura (Yoshihisa_Kimura) by Gabriel Vong

10bx extinct 08 by Mitchell Klein

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Sónar São Paulo 2012 – Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs by BRRUN.com

Sao Paulo, Brasil - 12 de maio de 2012: Sonar SP 2012 - SonarVillage - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinossaurs (Daniel Vorley/ Getty Images LatAm)

Etna. Extinct cone by Dr Bruce Campbell

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Sicily

when humans destroy everything else by Tom Hinchliffe

totally enormous extinct dinosaurs-08901 by Alan Kerloc'h

Tyrannosaurus by Daily Whiteboard

"Tyrannosaurus could not chew so it had to swallow it's food whole. It could swallow 150 pounds in one gulp."

Going Extinct by David Redman

Giraffe at Memphis Zoo.

IMG_2573 by Craig Dylke

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otter by Krissy Tower

he was sleeping.

Elk Giraffe by Duncan Shields

Sweet ad campaign highlighting the plight of animals in colder parts of the world.

_IMG5664 by grigorios skaltsas

extinction rebellion st albans 20190519 pentax kp 55-200 mm pentax zoom lens

50s dark blue flirty dress by Heather

Mosaic Extinct by snap713

Exhibition at the Houston Zoo. Halloween.

Extinct Volcano, Bali by Chin, Singapore

Ivan Day @ Charlotte Museum of History 005 by Justin Ritchie

nearly extinct by Lisa Davis

Extinct Animal by Ian Turton

Coelophysis (Kamiya_Satoshi) by Gabriel Vong

Extinct Giant Moa by Floyd Brown

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IMG_0705 by Craig Dylke

Not really extinct! by Justin Williams

This is a formaldehyde-ified Coelacanth. You'll never see one live in captivity since they can't survive in water that isn't greatly pressurized. Also, this is the only thing I remember from my last trip to the aquarium some 20 years ago.

The Extinct by `-==@ whel @==-'

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SOOC with WM in powerpoint

Equipment Make,Panasonic

Camera Model,DMC-LX5

Creation Software,Ver.1.0

Focal Length,5mm

F-Number,F/2

Exposure Time,1/15 sec.

ISO Speed,ISO-125

Metering Mode,Spot

Light Source,Unknown

Exposure Program,Manual

Date Picture Taken,12/12/2010 8:24PM

Extinct Memories by iMAL.org

iMAL, Brussels, September, 2015

An exhibition by Grégory Chatonsky and Dominique Sirois on posthuman archeology.

imal.org/en/activity/extinct-memories

009 - IMG_5519 by BlueBird Conspiracy

THE ZOOLOGICAL ISNTITUTE FOR RECENTLY EXTINCT SPECIES BYJOZEF WOUTERS. 2013 KUNSTENFESTIVALDESARTS - MUSEUM VOOR NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN BRUSSEL. PHOTOGRAPHY BY BLUEBIRD. more info @ www.zoologicalinstituteforrecentlyextinctspecies.com

Extinct madtsoiid snake (†Madtsoia madagascariensis) by shadowshador