New Mexico - White Sands(1)

Dateca. 1961

MediumPaper and Ink

Dimensions5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Caroline Bowdish

Object numberPA2021.049.230

Description1. White Sands National Monument, is one of the world's most spectacular deserts, with huge dunes of pure, white gypsym, covering 224 square miles. It is an excellent picnicking & recreational area. This is a picture of Play Day at the sands. However, we were not there on a play day.

2. Great wavelike dunes of gypsum sand - a vast undulating landscape of brilliant white - grace the floor of the Tularosa Basin of Southern N.M.

3. Created millions of years ago by downfaulting of a huge block of the earth's crust, the Tularosa Basin is surrounded by mts. & highlands.

4. For centuries, waters collecting from season rains & melting snows inthe high ranges have eroded the (to next card)

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