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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 ...

White Sands Missile Range Executive Director Vincent M. Liddiard met with senior leaders in the hypersonic test and evaluation community unifying knowledge and bringing together national and ...

At White Sands National Park, as moisture within the soil is being reduced by persistent droughts and rising temperatures, 23,000-year-old fossil prints of people and Ice Age megafauna are being ...

About 60,000 acres of state-owned land near White Sands will be protected from future ... which is a crucial component of our national defense.” ...

Bicycle Friendly America has named Albuquerque a silver level bicycle friendly community for the second time following a ...

Albuquerque’s annual Balloon Festival, Santa Fe’s art, Carlsbad Canyons National Park, White Sands National Park, and winter skiing in Taos attract visitors. New Mexico’s native American ...

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.