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What is White Sands

: ''For the 1992 motion picture, see White Sands (film). White Sands is a census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,323 at the 2000 census. See also White Sands Missile Range and White Sands National Monument. (...)

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"On July 16, 1945, the world's first atomic detonation occurred at this remote area on what is now White Sands Missile Range."
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"When exposed on the surface, these crystals are subject to weathering and erosion and may eventually become gypsum powder and sand grains, which can be carried by winds as dust or sand storms to become the white sands of White Sands National Monument."
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"East (indistinctly), by the western slopes of the Sacramento Mountains ( White Sands National Monument is considered to be in the southeastern region);."
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"It is less well endowed with significant travel destinations than most other regions of New Mexico, but does include the spectacular Carlsbad Caverns National Park ,a vast and scenic sea of sand at White Sands National Monument ,mountain scenery in the Sacramento and Guadalupe Mountains, and the town of Roswell ,which enjoys a weird notoriety among UFO aficionados."
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"It currently exists as the county seat for Otero County and to support Holloman Airforce Base and White Sands Missile Range."
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"White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of this gypsum dune field, along with the plants and animals that have successfully adapted to this constantly changing environment."
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calle from Finland wrote about White Sands 3 years, 9 months ago

Part of trip "Road trip 2009"

El Paso << This tip is part of "Road trip 2009" >> Albuquerque

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raacluse from USA wrote about White Sands Missile Range museum 4 years, 8 months ago

lotsa rockets and missiles displayed... traces the development of U.S. Army missile development since WWII... includes a "UFO" and other curiousities

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