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    PHOTOS: The Creamy, Sculpted Dunes Of White Sands National Monument

    There's no place like it on the planet: White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. It's the world's largest gypsum dunefield: miles and miles of stunning white landscape.
    by Melissa Block Apr 09, 2017 2 minutes
    Park Ranger Ibarra poses for a portrait.

    Before we headed out on our latest road trip for the series, we put a call out on social media, asking for ideas of places we should go in Arizona and New Mexico. Shannon Miller's suggestion really caught our attention: "White Sands are the only white gypsum 'sand' dunes in the world. They are actually crystals

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