White Sands National
Monument
View in White Sands National Monument,
New Mexico, located approximately 80 miles north of El
Paso Texas, and in the White Sands Missile Range. An
ancient lake bed is the source of the great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand
that have engulfed 275 square miles of desert and have created the world's
largest gypsum dune field. Here, interference ripples developed on the crest
of a transverse dune, with the Organ Mountains in the background.
Photo
by Dr. Jose Hurtado, University of Texas at El Paso.
Contributed by Aaron Velasco, University of Texas,
El Paso
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