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	White Sands National Monument: Description (DesertUSA)
		The forbidding alkali desert of the Tularosa Basin was one of the last areas of New Mexico to be settled by Americans.
		Even desert plants and animals have difficulty surviving among the shifting sand dunes of the area.A small number of plants have made remarkable adaptations to avoid being buried by the moving sand.
		The source of sand required for dunes is gypsum from the floor of nearby Lake Lucero at the southern end of Lake Otero.
	www.desertusa.com /wsand/du_wsmdesc.html (1158 words)

	White Sands National Monument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The White Sands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about 25 km (15 miles) southwest of Alamogordo in Otero County in the state of New Mexico.
		White Sands National Monument is well-known for its fields of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.
		Because the park lies completely within the White Sands Missile Range, both the park and U.S. Route 70 between Las Cruces, New Mexico and Alamogordo is subject to closure for safety reasons when tests are conducted on the missile range.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White_Sands_National_Monument (505 words)

	White Sands Missile Range - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), formerly known as the White Sands Proving Grounds, is located in Otero County, New Mexico, mostly in the Tularosa Basin, a valley between the Organ Mountains, San Andres Mountains and the Sacramento Mountains of the U.S. state of New Mexico, it includes the northern reaches of the Jornada del Muerto.
		The white sands are composed of gypsum crystals which have leached out of the surrounding mountains.
		There have been a number of spies at White Sands over the years, and not all of them were caught.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White_Sands_Missile_Range (651 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - White Sands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		WHITE SANDS [White Sands] uninhabited desert area, S central N.Mex. It is a center for U.S. military-weapons research and testing.
		White Sands Releases ProActive DBA 5.5.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
		White sands targets camera upgrades: the oldest and largest missile testing range in the United States has improved its image-capture capabilities.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/WhiteS1an.asp (289 words)

	White Sands
		White Sands Natl Monument NM White Sands National Monument is about an hours drive from Las Cruces at the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert.
		This is some of the strangest land you'll ever see: an ocean of rolling white sand dunes, in some places so pure you feel you’re lost in a giant salt shaker, in others stalks of lone yucca shoot up out of the wind-etched sand, like alien sentinels in a Frank Herbert novel.
		The largest gypsum dune field in the world, it occupies 300 square miles of soft white sand, the dunes rising and changing with the prevailing winds--all surrounded by the desert of the Tularosa Basin and flanked by the Sacramento and San Andres mountain ranges.
	www.zianet.com /scoot36/wh/whsands.html (469 words)

	Deserts of the World by Jim Cornish
		The Great Basin Desert, the largest U. desert, covers an arid expanse of about 190,000 square miles and is bordered by the Sierra Nevada Range on the west and the Rocky Mountains on the east, the Columbia Plateau to the north and the Mojave and Sonoran deserts to the south.
		Sahara Desert, is a great desert area, lying in Northern Africa, and the western portion of the broad belt of arid land,extends from the Atlantic Ocean eastward past the Red Sea to Iraq.
		The Atacama desert in Chile is as parched as a parson's Sunday sermon.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/desert_world.htm (978 words)

	Search Results for "Sands"
		The name is a Native American word for "white rolling sands." Settled under the French regime, it has many French-speaking inhabitants....
		It was famous for the gold washed from its sands, a source of wealth to the kings of Lydia....
		It is protected, except from strong south winds, by the Goodwin Sands and the coast.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Sands (294 words)

	Where Does the Sand Come From?
		Sand is not as easy to move as you might think.
		Almost all desert animals are smart enough to stay out of the sun during the hottest part of the day.
		There the sand is much cooler, and burrowing animals, like the kangaroo rat, the badger, the gopher, the coyote and the kit fox, sleep while you are playing on the dunes.
	www.nps.gov /whsa/factsheets.htm (2860 words)

	All Hands - June 2001 - Being a Desert Sailor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Navy has been part of the test community at White Sands since the late 1940s, when Naval Activity White Sands was established to participate in the research and testing of captured German V-2 rockets.
		White Sands is approximately 100 miles long and 40 miles wide, which provides for better safety and security.
		For the men and women who work on Desert Ship, the "ocean" is brown and dry, their "ship" is not sleek and it will never leave "port." Its armament, however, is state of the art, ensuring fleet readiness now and in the future.
	www.mediacen.navy.mil /Pubs/allhands/jun01/pg26.htm (617 words)

	NPS: Nature & Science» Geology Resources Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The gypsum that forms the white sands was deposited at the bottom of a shallow sea that covered this area 250 million years ago.
		White Sands National Monument is about 200 miles south of the Rockies, but the same compressional forces that formed the Rocky Mountains also uplifted the marine rocks in southern New Mexico.
		All of the gypsum sand in the dune field was formed by the breakdown of selenite crystals, most of which represent recycling of gypsum crystals from the evaporite phase of drying Lake Otero.
	www2.nature.nps.gov /geology/parks/whsa (2866 words)

	White Sands
		White Sands Missile Range occupies an area 160 x 65 km in the Tularosa Basin of southern New Mexico, across the Sacramento Mountain range from Roswell.
		The White Sands Proving Ground was established for testing German and American long-range rockets on 9 July 1945.
		White Sands was considered as a shuttle launch site in the early 1970's (altitude would have provided payload advantage).
	www.astronautix.com /sites/whisands.htm (2175 words)

	MissileThreat :: White Sands Missile Range (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		White Sands Missile Range is the largest overland missile testing range in the Western Hemisphere, and the largest military installation in the U.S. At present, the range is used by the Army, Navy, Air Force, NASA, and other government agencies, as well as universities, private industries, and foreign militaries.
		During the 1980s and 1990s, White Sands Missile Range served as the main test facility for the highly successful Patriot missile system, including recent tests of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptors.
		The test, which took place at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, is the first for several years, since the THAAD program was restarted after being suspended for several years.
	www.missilethreat.com /systems/white_sands_usa.html (1165 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The morning skies in Alamogordo and at White Sands National Monument will soon be filled with the color and beauty of 80 balloons on the third weekend in September.
		Admittance to the balloon glow is free, while the only charge to attend the event at White Sands National Monument is the normal admittance fee ($3 per person ages 17 and older).
		White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of this gypsum dune field, along with the plants and animals that have adapted to these desert conditions in a constantly changing environment.
	www.presentations-on-demand.com /Operational-August05/RuidosoCommon-August05/WhitesandsBalloonInvitational.htm (1177 words)

	New Mexico - White Sands National Monument
		West of Alamogordo, a vast area of desert and mountain ranges 100 by 40 miles in extent is closed to public access and used by the military for various kinds of weapons testing; this includes the Trinity Site where the first atomic bomb was detonated, in July 1945.
		About half of the sands are within the boundaries of the White Sands National Monument, one of the most unusual and magical places in the Southwest.
		The road is paved for a while although blowing sand often covers the surface; towards the centre though, the surface is just compacted gypsum, and the 'road' becomes a series of large cleared areas, which can be adapted to changes in dune position - they move by up to 20 feet per year.
	www.americansouthwest.net /new_mexico/white_sands/national_monument.html (603 words)

	White Sands National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
		White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of this unique dune field, along with the plants and animals that have successfully adapted to this constantly changing environment.
		The Dunes Drive is periodically closed to travel due to missile testing on the adjacent White Sands Missile Range.
		The Tularosa Basin, a high desert area, averaging 4,000 feet (1200 meters) in elevation, is subject to harsh, and sometimes rapidly changing climatic conditions.
	www.nps.gov /whsa (270 words)

	White Sands Missile Range
		White Sands National Monument is the world's largest outcropping of pure gypsum.
		It was from this national monument that White Sands Missile Range took its name in 1945.
		Onate led his colonists north across the arid Jornada del Muerto, translated as "Journey of the Dead." This stretch of desert is separated from the Rio Grande by the Caballo and Fra Cristobal Mountains.
	www.wsmr.army.mil /pao/FactSheets/reghis.htm (1170 words)

	White Sands Missile Range Museum
		Outside the museum is a missile park displaying a variety of missiles and rockets tested at White Sands.
		Much of the material found on these web pages is from the White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office web pages developed by Mr.
		White Sands Missile Range Historical Foundation is Not Part of The Department of Defense.
	www.wsmr-history.org (267 words)

	White Sands
		These crystals eventually get broken down by wind, freezing and thawing and eventually form sand-size particles that are carried by the prevailing winds forming the dunes that we know as White Sands.
		White Sands National Monument is located in the northern Chihuahuan Desert of southern New Mexico.
		It is surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range, which encompasses a vast area that includes Trinity, the site of the first atomic bomb detonation, 50 miles north of the Monument.
	michaelmcgarrity.tripod.com /tularosa2.htm (748 words)

	GORP - White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
		White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of the world's largest gypsum dune field, along with the plants and animals that have successfully adapted to this harsh environment.
		The sand dunes are accessible to wheelchairs to a limited degree.
		White Sands National Monument - includes description of the area with pictures.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nm/nm_white.htm (687 words)

	White Sands Desert, National Monument in New Mexico US - Full Screen QTVR panoramic image from panoramas.dk
		The White Sands is also called the White Sands Desert but this is not a desert of sand but a desert of gypsum, actually it is the world`s largest gypsum dune field.
		The dunes are famous for their intense whiteness, but when I was there in mid-winter the sand was damp and pale tan, contrasting with patches of pure white snow.
		Most of the valley is occupied by the White Sands Missile Range, uninhabited and closed to the public.
	www.panoramas.dk /fullscreen2/full15.html (391 words)

	NPS: Nature & Science » Networks: Chihuahuan Desert Network
		Deserts, by their very name, are seldom regarded as important reservoirs of biological diversity, but some deserts are extraordinarily rich in species, rare plants and animals, specialized habits, and unique biological communities.
		The Chihuahuan Desert shared by two nations is the most biologically diverse desert in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most diverse arid regions in the world.
		The eastern boundary of the Chihuahuan Desert is one of the oldest and richest centers of plant evolution on the North American continent.
	www1.nature.nps.gov /im/units/chdn/index.cfm (356 words)

	New Mexico - White Sands National Monument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		White Sands has four nature trails within the park, they are, the Playa, the Big Dune, Interdune Boardwalk and the Alkali Flat Trails.
		White Sands is surrounded by White Sands Missile Range, Holloman Air Force Base as well as the space shuttle landing site.
		At the Trinity test site within White Sands Park at exactly 5:29:45, 1945 the first atomic bomb was exploded.
	www.fiorentino-photography.com /WhiteSands.html (400 words)

	New Mexico Travelogue & Pictures
		White Sands National Monument is a fantastic place and I got lots of pictures as the sun was sinking low.
		White Sands is the world’s largest area of gypsum sand and dunes (most the world’s sand is quartz based).
		I learned a fair bit about the desert vegetation and the types of animals that live in the desert and their adaptations to it.
	www.kestan.com /travel/NM/NM2 (7530 words)

	Friends of Saguaro National Park - About Saguaro National Park: Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The adjacent Colorado Desert (named after the river) in southern California, is considered by some experts to be a subdivision of the Sonoran Desert.
		From low deserts to high mountain peaks, this park is also a "geology classroom".
		Most of the American deserts occur in or near the Basin and Range Region, but not all of the Basin and Range is desert.
	www.friendsofsaguaro.org /geography.html (1782 words)

	New Mexico - Living Desert State Park
		With a relatively low elevation of 3,400 feet, and summer temperatures that often exceed 100°F, this part of New Mexico is still classed as desert land, part of the Chihuahuan Desert which also extends across southeast Arizona, west Texas and the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
		The varied plants and animals of this arid region are exhibited in the Living Desert State Park, which occupies several acres of cacti and yucca-strewn land on the edge of the Ocotillo Hills, overlooking the Pecos river valley just northwest of town.
		Plants: The park grounds include many naturally-growing Chihuahuan desert plants, but non-native species such as the giant saguaro have been added, and several nature trails lead past many types of cacti, agaves, yuccas, trees and bushes, including the distinctive spiky ocotillo after which the surrounding hills were named.
	www.americansouthwest.net /new_mexico/living_desert/state_park.html (296 words)

	Desert Diary, 26 Nov 2001--Gypsum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Eventually these crystals break up to form sand--sand that is carried by the southwesterly winds to form the dune fields of White Sands.
		Desert Diary is a joint production of the Centennial Museum and KTEP National Public Radio at the University of Texas at El Paso.
		A gypsum dune at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.
	museum.utep.edu /archive/geology/DDgypsum.htm (239 words)

	White Sands Missile Range
		White Sands Proving Grounds was established in July 1945.
		White Sands Proving Grounds was later renamed to White Sands Missile Range, or WSMR (pronounced "Whiz-Mer" by nearby residents).
		The White Sands Missile Range Museum and Missile Park are INSIDE the military base of WSMR.
	www.vivanewmexico.com /sw.wsmr.html (1341 words)

	TFans Transformers Community -> AICN reports from the TF Movie set.
		Specifically, they were shooting on the white sand dunes near Alamogordo, on the Holloman Air Force base.
		The mosque was aged, with tan rocks and sun bleached blue and white tile patterns for trim.
		The whole side of one of the large white sand dunes was charred fl from the explosion.
	www.tfans.com /index.php?showtopic=50156 (4907 words)

	[No title]
		Klaus Lackner and Christopher Wendt, the desert White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico will be transformed into a new world.
		Talked about the problem of global warming and how it could be solved by transforming carbon dioxide into carbonate rock- a stable form of matter that would give us no more trouble than the cliffs of Dover.
		But to make these chalky white cliffs of stabilized CO2 would require so much machinery that the cost of buying or manufacturing it would bankrupt you.
	interzone.com /~cheung/SciNew.dir/Discover10.95.html (3329 words)

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