Beneath the white gypsum dunes of New Mexico, scientists have uncovered something remarkable—trails of footprints that ...

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Ten thousand years ago, as the last Ice Age was ending and temperatures rose, an enormous glacial lake in New Mexico’s Tularosa Basin dried up, revealing something unusual: bright-white gypsum sand.

In this part of the Chihuahuan Desert, however, the land forms a basin, trapping the mineral; water evaporates, leaving the gypsum behind, and wind and weather erode it over time into an ocean of ...

Surreal desert destinations, such as the White Sands National Park and Pinnacles Desert, showcase some of nature’s stunning ...

(Credit: Jeff Morgan/Shutterstock) Beautiful gypsum sand dune scenery at White Sands National Park from Alkali Flats Trail. As far back as 22,000 years ago, humans may have improvised makeshift ...

Mysteriously beautiful, White Sands National Park is home to the world's largest gypsum dune field. Spread across over 275 ...

With a landscape as diverse as its culture-ranging from the white gypsum dunes of White Sands National Park to the historic ...

With a landscape as diverse as its culture-ranging from the white gypsum dunes of White Sands National Park to the historic charm of Taos Pueblo-New Mexico is a land of opportunity, adventure ...