Description: White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, Images of America, Paperback The world's largest gypsum dune field, the 275-square-mile dunes of White Sands National Monument are a geologic oddity more than 250 million years in the making. Located in Southern New Mexico, the popularity of the monument draws nearly half a million visitors each year to the National Park Service's southwestern region. The area is protected from encroachment by the boundaries of the US Army's White Sands Missile Range and houses no less than 144 species of birds, 20 unique mammals, and 371 types of insects. The gypsum's beauty has been captured by photographers and filmmakers for more than a century. Both Hollywood and scientists alike have sought after the monument's stunning otherworldly visuals to mimic other countries and worlds. The deserts of Qatar were recreated for Transformers (2007), and the monument has been identified as a potential analog site for Mars.
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467130646
Book Title: White Sands National Monument
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Joseph T. Page II
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Id, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Travel, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
