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A Peek into the Past Carlsbad Caverns National Park 250 million year old fossil-encrusted rocks help to unlock the mysteries of the Guadalupe Mountains. This diverse desert region in southeast New Mexico and Texas was once a huge inland sea. Eventually the sea dried up and over the course of time, Capitan Reef rose from the seabed to become the Guadalupe Mountains. This region is highly prized by geologists and naturalists and is recognized as the best preserved Permian fossil reef in the world. Read More Comment on Photo