As soon as you exit your vehicle you are met with the smell of sulfur. This is the Jemez Soda Dam. A natural dam created by hot springs whose minerals created this dam over time. The dam affects a steam that finds it's way through the mineral deposits.
Here is what Wikipedia has to say about this dam...
Jemez Springs Soda Dam or simply Soda Dam, is a grouping of fifteen hot springs which have formed a unique calcium carbonate and travertine formation creating a bridge over the Jemez River in Northern New Mexico.
New Mexico, August 31, 2026
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Some of the strange formations created by hot springs and river water.
Water through the mineral dam.
There are other springs. Some you can see bubbling out of the water in the stream. Some on the opposite side of the road. Here you see one coming up through the pavement.
A picture with two young men so you get the idea of the size and scale.
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