White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA
White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA (© Image Professionals GmbH/Alamy Stock Photo)
1,001 Mexican dunes
Today's image features the dazzling beauty of White Sands National Park in New Mexico, United States, a surreal expanse of glistening white gypsum dunes, the largest of its kind on Earth. Spanning more than 145,000 acres, these ever-shifting dunes rise up to 18 metres tall, creating a landscape not seen in many places. This park isn't only a natural wonder but a historical treasure, with fossilised human footprints dating back as far as 23,000 years, some of the oldest in North America.
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