White Sands National Park
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White Sands National Park is located about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States, in the Tularosa Basin. The park protects the southern part of a 275-square-mile (710 km2) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. The gypsum dune field is the largest of its kind on Earth.
Maps
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Park map
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Oblique angle map
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Dunes Drive
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Dune types
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Geologic map
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New Mexico parks
Satellite and aerial
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Dunes (EO-1)
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New Mexico’s White Sands, late 2022. (ISS)
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Dust storm (ISS)
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Southern New Mexico (Aqua)
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Aerial view of dunefield
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Balloon over dunes
Dunes
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Dune face
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Yardangs in dunes
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Curving dunes
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Ripples
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Curve
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By the road
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Edge of dunes
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Dawn
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Sunset
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Tourists
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Sledding down a dune
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Military personnel
Plants
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Dune plants
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Yucca elata and moon
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Yucca elata
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Gypsum plant stand
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Gypsum plant stands
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Gypsum plant stand sign
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New growth
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Flowers
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Sunset
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Solitary tree
Animals
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Bleached earless lizard (Holbrookia maculata ruthveni)
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White Sands prairie lizard (Sceloporus cowlesi)
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Darkling beetle and tracks
General
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Gypsum sand macro
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Selenite crystals, Lake Lucero
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Lake Lucero
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Road closed sign
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Missile debris recovery
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Camping
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Dunes Drive
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Picnic shelters
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Derelict building
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Color dune art
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B&W dune art
Panoramas
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Alkali Flats Trail
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Dunefield panorama from Alkali Flats Trail
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Dunefield panorama from Dunes Drive