While traveling from Arizona to New Mexico on Interstate 10, there is a beautiful mountain range, part of White Sands.
I would have enjoyed taking the off-road tour but here is a view from the Interstate. It was a unique mix with clouds, rain, rainbow and white mountains.
So where does the white sand originate? Wikipedia has excellent information. Here are a couple of photos from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sands_National_Monument to provide some insight.
I didn’t get a chance to visit the White Sands National Park but maybe I’ll get back there in the next couple of years. It seems interesting. National Park Service at White Sands states:
Each generation of visitors to the Tularosa Basin and White Sands National Monument have left their mark. Today monument visitors can experience some of the most iconic historic places associated with the basin’s rich history.
These places include the monument’s historic district, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, as well as the historic Lucero Ranch on the western shoreline of Lake Lucero.
Visitors interested in learning more about the Tularosa Basin’s military history can also visit the White Sands Missile Range Museum and Trinity Site, the place where the first atomic bomb was tested in 1945. https://www.nps.gov/whsa/index.htm
There is beauty in everything we do and see – if we only keep watch and appreciate it. Isn’t beauty in the eyes of the beholder?
Blessings!
Ron
So beautiful !
I appreciate your kind words. It is a beautiful area.
Your very welcome!
That’s a gorgeous photo! And yes, I agree that beauty is in the eye of the beholder….and it’s all around us, when we choose to look for it!
Thank you very much. 🙂
Oh, my goodness! Your photo is spectacular!! What an amazing visit it would be! I wish to go there as well… thanks to you and your amazing photography!!
Wow. Thank you so much Lynn. It is an interesting place. 🙂
Lovely captures!
Thank you very much. 🙂
Brilliant photography and write-up! Thanks.
Thank you very much. The natural beauty is amazing. 🙂
Gorgeous captures! 😊
Thank you Irene. 🙂
That moon photo is jaw dropping. Well done!!! Would love to visit White Sands someday
I know what you mean. I can just imagine all the photo ops in various environments. 🙂
Gorgeous pics!
Liked it so much
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Beautiful Pictures. I love seeing a rainbow, it gives us hope…….I bet the white sand can be
blinding at times. Could be on my bucket list!
Thanks Betty. I agree that rainbows are always encouraging with hope. I imagine the white sand could be blinding in the hot sun. This whole area is really neat.
Beautiful places 🙂 <3
Thank you very much. 🙂