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White Sands National Park

Pictures by QT Luong

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In the heart of the Tularosa basin, parts of the Chihuahuan desert are covered by rare glistening gympsum sand dunes extending on a far larger area than anywhere else on earth.

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Lone yucca plants at sunset. White Sands National Park ( color)

Yucca and white gypsum dune at sunrise. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dunes and flat depression at sunrise. White Sands National Park ( color)

Animal footprints and shurbs in sand dunes. White Sands National Park ( color)

Playa in winter. White Sands National Park ( color)

Rio Grande Cottonwood growing on sand dunes. White Sands National Park ( color)

Yuccas. White Sands National Park ( color)

Flowers and dunes. White Sands National Park ( color)

Close-up of grasses on dunes with trails left by tip motion. White Sands National Park ( color)

Yucca and grasses on dune flank. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dune ridges and dune vegetation. White Sands National Park ( color)

White sand dunes landscape. White Sands National Park (Panoramic color)

Worlds largest gypsum dune field. White Sands National Park ( color)

Gypsum sand dunes. White Sands National Park ( color)

Grasses and dune footprints. White Sands National Park ( color)

Sun setting over Andres Mountains. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dunes, Andres Mountains, and cloud at sunset. White Sands National Park ( color)

Yuccas and dune field at dusk. White Sands National Park ( color)

Sumac pedestals at sunset. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dunes with lavender color at twilight. White Sands National Park ( color)

Yucca and Milky Way. White Sands National Park ( color)

Shrubs, playa, and Sierra Blanca Peak. White Sands National Park ( color)

Playa and sand dunes. White Sands National Park ( color)

Grasses and shurbs. White Sands National Park ( color)

Rio Grande Cottonwood tree (Populus deltoids subspecies wizlizenii) in late autumn. White Sands National Park ( color)

Rio Grande Cottonwood trees and sand dunes. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dunes with Rio Grande Cottonwood trees. White Sands National Park ( color)

Rio Grande Cottonwood branches and leaves. White Sands National Park ( color)

Close-up of dune ripples and kangaroo rat tracks. White Sands National Park ( color)

Close-up of grasses on dunes with trails. White Sands National Park ( color)

Yuccas and gypsum dunes, dawn. White Sands National Park ( color)

Lone Yucca. White Sands National Park ( color)

Backcountry camping area. White Sands National Park ( color)

Depression with vegetation and dunes. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dunes and interdunal depressions at sunset. White Sands National Park ( color)

Soap Yucca and white gypsum dune field at sunrise. White Sands National Park ( color)

Srubs in dune field. White Sands National Park ( color)

Little Bluestem and Alkali Sacaton grasses between dunes at sunset. White Sands National Park ( color)

Shrubs and dunes at twilight. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dunes and soaptree Yucca in autumn at sunset. White Sands National Park ( color)

Soaptree Yucca against sunrise sky. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dune field and Andres Mountains, early morning. White Sands National Park ( color)

Heart of the Sands, early morning. White Sands National Park ( color)

Close-up of ripples and bird tracks. White Sands National Park ( color)

View from high dune, Heart of the Sands. White Sands National Park ( color)

White sand dunes. White Sands National Park ( color)

Lone Yucca and white sand dunes. White Sands National Park ( color)

Gypsum dunes and Andres Mountains. White Sands National Park ( color)

Interdunal area with dune footprints. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dune footprints. White Sands National Park ( color)

Ripples on gypsum dunes, Heart of the Sands. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dune ridges and Andres Mountains. White Sands National Park ( color)

Last light on dune ridges. White Sands National Park ( color)

Gypsum sand dunes at sunset. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dunes reflecting lavender colors of the sky at twilight. White Sands National Park ( color)

Gypsum dune field and Andres Mountains at sunset. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dunes and mountains at dusk. White Sands National Park ( color)

Tall dune ridge at dusk. White Sands National Park ( color)

Yucca and ripples and night. White Sands National Park ( color)

Visitor Center. White Sands National Park ( color)

Window reflexion, Visitor Center. White Sands National Park ( color)

Dunes bordering road. White Sands National Park ( color)

Unpaved road over sands. White Sands National Park ( color)

Ancient climate interpretive sign. White Sands National Park ( color)

Picnic area. White Sands National Park ( color)

Just add water interpretive sign. White Sands National Park ( color)

Shelters in picnic area. White Sands National Park ( color)

Interdune boardwalk. White Sands National Park ( color)

Footprints. White Sands National Park ( color)

Backcountry trail. White Sands National Park ( color)

Photographer with tripod on tall dune at sunset. White Sands National Park ( color)

Couple hiking on dunes. White Sands National Park ( color)

Backpackers hiking on Backcountry Trail in late afternoon. White Sands National Park ( color)

Woman sledding down dune. White Sands National Park ( color)

Visitor Looking, sand dunes. White Sands National Park ( color)

Photographer holding large format camera. White Sands National Park ( color)

Tent at backcountry campsite. White Sands National Park ( color)

Backcountry campsite at night. White Sands National Park ( color)

Camper at night. White Sands National Park ( color)

Backcountry camping area with lit tent at night. White Sands National Park ( color)

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