How Animals Adapt at White Sands
Illustration by Jameson Simpson. THE DUNES THEMSELVES ARE ONLY about 10,000 years old, just a blink of an evolutionary eye, which makes the number of species adapted to this landscape astonishing…
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How Water Helps Form White Sands
Illustration by Jameson Simpson. AS YOU DRIVE INTO White Sands National Park on Dunes Drive, the one road into the park, the Chihuahuan Desert gives way to ever taller white sand dunes. The sands may…
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The Wonders of White Sands National Park
BY DUSK, THE WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK dune field seems marked by a strange kind of hieroglyphics—footprints and long vertical lines of people scrambling up and then sliding down the steepest faces…
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Best Hiking Trails at White Sands
Trails can be on sand or a boardwalk—but dogs must be leashed. WHITE SANDS IN SOME WAYS a pathless place. Visitors are welcome to walk over any stretch of bare sand dunes. But these three hikes can…
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How to Sled the Dunes
Sledding is a go right now. Photograph by Tira Howard. WHOOSHING DOWN A SANDY HILL while holding on for dear life (we’re not screaming, you’re screaming) is a sure way to prove you’re a White Sands…
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How the Dunes at White Sands Shift Over Time
The dunes at White Sands come in four primary types: dome, barchan, transverse, and parabolic. Illustration by Jameson Simpson. WIND CARVES THE CHARACTER OF the dunes at White Sands, generally driving…
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Follow These Safety Tips At White Sands
Trails can be on sand or boardwalk at White Sands National Park. Photograph by Tira Howard. CHIEF RANGER AARON SUMMERLIN has a deep appreciation and respect for White Sands National Park’s roughly…
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The Mysteries of the Sands
Photographs by Jen Judge. I’m careening among huge sand dunes, and hanging on for dear life. Not that Patrick Martinez, a polite and gracious biotechnician, has suddenly gone loco behind the wheel of…
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10 Best Family Camping Spots
WANT TO SLEEP UNDER THE STARS? Try the mind-blowing Milky Way views from a certified Dark Sky Sanctuary. You can camp beside wildflower meadows or among volcanic rock columns, on the ghostly gypsum…
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