Clambering up gypsum sand dunes in White Sands National Park in New Mexico, I half expected to see Will Smith dragging an ...

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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KRQE) – One of the premiere destinations in southern New Mexico, White Sands National Park, has been fascinating visitors for years. And in 2023, the park had 729,096 visitors ...

They may look like mounds of snow, but the dunes in this park are made of a rare form of crystallized gypsum ... Hiking and sledding over this vast white expanse of powder is a singular, otherworldly ...

White Sands National Monument becomes the country’s 62nd national park. What will change? QT Luong’s specialty is photographing national parks with a large-format camera, and one of his points of ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Parks Stewardship Forum Vol. 40, No. 1, 2024 Incredible discoveries and devastation o... In recent ...

In partnership with the Department of Defense, White Sands Missile Range has successfully taken action to preserve 60,000 acres of the Chupadera Mesa, ...

About 60,000 acres of state-owned land near White Sands will be protected from future development thanks to an agreement between the New Mexico Land ... component of our national defense.” ...

White Sands National Park, and winter skiing in Taos attract visitors. New Mexico’s native American heritage is shown in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Petroglyph National Monument ...

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According to park officials, it’s because the sand is made of gypsum, a soft, white mineral that breaks ... is a rare form of sand, making the national park so special.