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White Sands National Monument
White Sands National Monument
White Sands National Monument

White Sands National Monument

Dateca. 1950
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions6 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (17.2 × 24.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.181.1284
DescriptionDunes at White Sands National Monument in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Some plants are growing along the dunes in the background.
A typed caption on the back of the photograph reads, "White Sands National Monument, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. On the eastern bornder of the Sands Mesquite and Yucca made a desperate fight to avoid submerging[.] [M]any of the plants when uncovered have been discovered to have trunk more than 30 feet high. The plants grow rapidly in their desperate effort to keep their heads above the Sands."
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