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'''White Sands National Monument''' is a beautiful area in the high [[desert]] area of Tularosa Basin of [[New Mexico]]. The large dunes of [[gypsum]] based white [[sand]] <ref>http://www.white-sands-new-mexico.com/about_gypsum.htm</ref>covers approximately 275 square miles of desert and at its highest point is about 4,000 feet in elevation. <ref>http://www.nps.gov/whsa/ </ref>
Since 1963, a part of White Sands has also been used by [[NASA]] as a testing facility. <ref>http://www.white-sands-new-mexico.com/nasa.htm</ref>
==References==
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==External Links==
*[http://www.white-sands-new-mexico.com/ White Sands Tourist Information]
[[Category:New Mexico]]
[[Category:Tourist Attractions]]