Bandelier National Monument and Los Alamos

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Today was a day trip up north to Bandelier National Monument, with its ruins of cliff-side Indian dwellings and some great hiking. Then, on to Los Alamos, where there is the famous U.S. Government nuclear research lab with origins from the Manhattan Project and mysterious things about the U.S. nuclear weapons program going on.

Naturally, not much to see of a secret government weapons facility, but we did go to the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History and there is some great scenery along the way, including a great view of the Rio Grande from a high plateau in a nearby town.

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Photos

Bandelier National Monument
Entrance to the park, administered by the National Park Service.

Bandelier National Monument
Showing the dwelling cliffs in the valley.

Indian Ruins
Ruins of dwellings and other buildings in the floor of the valley.

Deer in the Woods
At Bandelier National Monument.

The Rio Grande
View of the Rio Grande from White Rock.

Los Alamos
"Where Discoveries Are Made!"