white sands

     

In southern New Mexico, you can literally surf the dunes of this national monument

Trivia about white sands

  • In 1945 the first atomic bomb explosion occurred at this "colorful" New Mexico missile range
  • This "colorful" missile range near Las Cruces, New Mexico is an important rocket propulsion testing facility
  • The gypsum sand in this New Mexico national monument comes from the mountains flanking the valley
  • The glistening dunes of this New Mexico National Monument are actually miles and miles of gypsum