The  White Sands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about  25 km (15 miles) southwest of Alamogordo in western Otero County and  northeastern Dona Ana County in the state of New Mexico, at an elevation  of 4235 feet (1291 m). The area is in the mountain-ringed Tularosa  Basin valley area and comprises the southern part of a 710-km² (275-mi²)  field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. See more images  after the break...
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