White Sands

White Sands storm approaching.

White Sands storm approaching.

White Sands, New Mexico, USA / December 2007

White Sands, New Mexico, is a desert with white sand gleaming like freshly fallen snow. These powdery grains of sand are not composed of quartz, unlike most desert sands, but of soft, chalky gypsum, or calcium sulphate.

The images in this collection is created at the White Sands National monument.

Amigos
Yuccas
White Sands storm approaching.
WS wegetation and storm.
Yucca
Yucca roots.
White Sands vegetation #2
Yucca in rainstorm
Yucca
New life
White Sands storm #1.
White Sands storm #2.
White Sands rainstorm
Bush in rainstorm
White Sands dawn
White Sands sunrise.
Yucca flower in the sand.

White Sands dawn

White Sands dawn

White Sands, New Mexico, USA / December 2007

Yucca flower in the sand.

Yucca flower in the sand.

White Sands, New Mexico, USA / December 2007

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