Pafupifupi ora limodzi kum'mwera kwa Albuquerque, Socorro, New Mexico ndi malo enieni, koma ndi malo abwino okayendera ulendo wopita kumadera oyandikana nawo. Socorro ili pafupi makilomita 75 kum'mwera kwa Albuquerque ndipo imapezeka mosavuta kudzera pa I-25. Socorro ali ndi tawuni yaing'ono kumverera, koma ali ndi malesitanti, brew pubs, ndi zosangalatsa monga momwe mungayembekezere kupeza mu tauni ya koleji.
Mbiri
Socorro ankadziwika kuti malo oima pamene mabanja anasamukira kumpoto kuchokera ku Mexico ndi Don Juan de Onate mu 1598.
Ulendo wa Onate unakumananso ndi anthu a chilankhulo cha Piro omwe ankakhala mumzinda wa Teypana Pueblo, omwe adalandirira kulandira kwawo, ndipo adawapatsa chimanga. Anthu a Teypana anapatsa chimanga cha Onate, choncho anatcha dzina lakuti pueblo Socorro, lomwe ndilo Chisipanishi lothandizira, kapena kuti athandize. Pueblo sichitsalira, koma mabwinja apafupi a Gran Quivira Pueblo ndi pangano kwa pueblos yomwe kale idali m'derali. Gran Quivira ndi limodzi mwa atatuwa omwe amapezeka pamsonkhano wapadziko lonse wa Salinas Mission. Zotsalira za mission ya ku France ya 1700 ndi pueblos ya Abo, Quarai ndi Gran Quivira.
Mbiri yakale m'deralo. Msonkhano wa San Miguel uli ku Socorro, chikumbutso cha deralo. Mabanja a Chisipanishi ankakhala ndikugwira ntchito yozungulira dzikoli, pamodzi ndi anthu a ku Puebloans. Fort Craig inakhazikitsidwa mu 1854 monga chitetezo cha Apache ndi chipani cha Navajo. Mabwinja ake ali pa mtunda wa makilomita 35 kum'mwera kwa Socorro.
Zochitika
Mbiri ya Socorro ndi yakuya, koma imaperekanso zosangalatsa zomwe zimabweretsa sayansi ndi okonda zachilengedwe kuchokera kudziko lonse lapansi.
Socorro ndi nyumba ya New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, kapena monga momwe imatchulidwira, New Mexico Tech. Tepi ndi yunivesite ya New Mexico ya engineering, yodziwika bwino mu sayansi ndi engineering.
Ambiri mwa ophunzira a sekondale apamwamba a New Mexico amapita ku Tech, yomwe imayikidwa pa sukulu yapamwamba kwambiri kumadzulo. Chinthu chinanso chimayikidwa mofanana monga imodzi mwa mapulogalamu 10 oyendetsera dziko lonse. Ndiwopindulitsa kwambiri, womwe umakokera ophunzira kuchokera ku mayiko ena ambiri. Malo abwino kwambiri okacheza ku Socorro ndi Etscorn Observatory ya New Mexico Tech. Malo oyang'anira malowa ali ndi telescope 20 ya masentimita 20 a Dobsonian, ndipo Loweruka lirilonse loyamba la mweziwo, amakhala ndi phwando la nyenyezi, kumene alendo angayang'ane kudzera mu telescope zakuthambo. Nyengo iliyonse ya Oktoba, The Enchanted Skies Star Party ikuphatikiza maulendo ku Etscorn, yomwe imatchedwanso Magdalena Ridge Observatory. New Mexico imadziwika chifukwa cha mlengalenga, momveka bwino, zomwe zimalola owona kuona Saturn, mwezi, nyenyezi ndi zinthu zina momveka bwino.
Socorro ndi malo apadera kwa aliyense wokhudzana ndi zakuthambo. Socorro ndi malo abwino oyendera malo aakulu kwambiri, kapena VLA, omwe ali pafupi makilomita 50 kumadzulo kwa tauni. Radiyo yoyera, yowonetsera yamatsenga yomwe idapangidwa yotchuka mu Kuyankhulana kwa kanema, yomwe inayambitsa Jodie Foster, imagwiritsidwa ntchito kufufuza mlengalenga pogwiritsa ntchito mafunde a wailesi. VLA ili ndi malo oyendera alendo, ndipo maulendo oyendayenda omwe amatsogoleredwa akhoza kuthandizidwa panthawi yanu yokhazikika.
Pali maulendo otsogolera pa Lachitatu ndi Loweruka.
Chikoka china chapafupi chomwe chiri chaka chotseguka koma chimabweretsa zambiri pa kugwa, ndi Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Mbalame zimayenda mozungulira kumpoto m'nyengo ya masika, ndipo kumadzulo kumadzulo, zimakhala zochititsa chidwi kwambiri kwa okonda mbalame. Mwezi wa November, Phwando la Cranes limabweretsa alendo kuti azisuntha chaka chilichonse kuti asamuke. Ojambula achilengedwe, mbalame, okonda zachilengedwe ndi awo omwe ali ndi chidwi kwambiri amatsikira ku malo othawirako kuti aone mbalame zikuyenda mumtsinje wa Rio Grande ndikudyetsa kumunda ndi kumunda.
Malo ena othawirako pafupi, a Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, ali pafupifupi maekala 230,000 ndipo ali ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zamoyo. Rio Grande imadutsa pakati pa malo othawirako ndikupanga oasis kwa nyama zakutchire.
Malo othawirako amapereka misewu yowendayenda, madontho a m'mphepete mwa nyanja, ndi madera a m'mphepete mwa nyanjayi komanso kuyang'ana nyama zakuthengo. Pothawirapo amapita kuwerengero wa Mbalame ya Khirisimasi, yomwe ndi ntchito yosangalatsa kwa banja lonse.
San Lorenzo Canyon Recreation Area imathandizanso kuyenda. Mtsinje wa Canyon uli ndi mabwinja, mapangidwe a miyala ndi malo ogona kuti afufuze ndi malo osungirako ziweto. Malowa ali pafupi makilomita asanu kumpoto kwa Socorro. Muzitha kumenyana ndi zinyamazi kuti muzisangalala ndi malo okongola a kum'mwera chakumwera chakumadzulo, kapena muzikhala ndi kampu yoyamba.