White Sands National Monument

• Contributeur: Phil Degginger / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2PHD04D
• Taille du fichier: 108,1 MB (8,2 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 8688 x 4350 px | 73,6 x 36,8 cm | 29 x 14,5 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 12 décembre 2019

Informations supplémentaires

White Sands National Park is an American national park located in the state of New Mexico. Approximately 12, 000 years ago, the land within the Tularosa Basin featured large lakes, streams, grasslands, and Ice Age mammals. As the climate warmed, rain and snowmelt dissolved gypsum from the surrounding mountains and carried it into the basin. Further warming and drying caused the lakes to evaporate and form selenite crystals. Strong winds then broke up crystals and transported them eastward. A similar process continues to produce gypsum sand today.

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