This place is so incredible! Near Las Cruces, NM, it is an area full of these massive white sand dunes. We stopped here before heading to Laredo yesterday, June 20th. The dunes are formed by a combo of 3 factors: gypsum (a mineral), hot dry climate, and wind. Gypsum dissolves in water, so when it rains, the water washes the gypsum in the mountains down to a lake below. Then as the hot sun evaporates the water in the lake, small crystals form a little crust on the lake's surface. The wind blows the crystals off, forming the dunes. So fascinating to see and play!
The ninas and I took turns rolling down the dunes. We had just put sun screen on, so after rolling down, we looked like sugary gum drops!
Tessy. She's wearing Papa's hat because it was so hot (100 degrees) and BRIGHT (with the sun reflecting off the white sand), the ninas without sunglasses could hardly keep their eyes open!
Ellie borrowed Laurel's hat. Sorta big, eh?
2 comments:
The white sands are fascinating. It looks very hot.
That is pretty cool!
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