White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.

• Contributor: WILDLIFE GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: BKCDAX
• File size: 51.5 MB (1.8 MB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 5197 x 3465 px | 44 x 29.3 cm | 17.3 x 11.6 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 5 December 2009
• Location: White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA

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The glistening dunes of White Sands in the Tularosa Basin are not sand, but fine gypsum, deposited on an ancient seabed 250 million years ago. Gypsum, a form of calcium sulfate, is water soluble and washes away. But geological forces here created a basin with no outlet. White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.

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