I know a lot of people who regularly go to White Sands for work trips (there’s a lot of military stuff that goes on there).
White Sands National Park, a true gem of the American Southwest, draws visitors from across the globe with its stunning gypsum dunes that stretch as far as the eye can see. On my own 5-month road ...
Getting to the barchans took us four days in a four-wheel drive, traveling from N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, to the far north. The sand that makes up the dunes ... a stone. White sand is ...
Sand grains that are very round and dry (moisture on the dune's surface can cause sand to clump together, inhibiting avalanching) Grains on the dune's surface that are "well sorted," meaning they ...
The rolling hills of white sand overlook the ocean ... While many people opt to simply drive their car onto the beach, another popular way to explore the dunes is on an ATV. There are numerous ...
The gypsum dunes of White Sands National Park in New Mexico’s Tularosa Basin are adjacent to the site of a dry ancient lakebed where scientists have discovered human and animal trackways dating ...
They may look like mounds of snow, but the dunes in this park are made of a rare form of crystallized ... and wind and weather erode it over time into an ocean of glittering sand. The entire dune ...