Photo: 9 November 2018
The white sands: "Like a mirage, dazzling white sand dunes shimmer in the
tucked-away Tularosa basin in southern New Mexico. They shift and settle
over the Chihuahuan Desert, covering 275 square miles — the
largest gypsum dunefield in the world. White Sands National Monument
preserves more than half of this oasis, its shallow water supply, and the
plants and animals living here." —White Sands National Monument
handout, National Park Service.