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White Sands is one of those places that keeps delivering. It's changed our timeline of when people arrived in the Americans and it's completely changed how we t
by chneu 2y ago
White Sands is one of those places that keeps delivering. It's changed our timeline of when people arrived in the Americans and it's completely changed how we think of them.
Hopefully they have enough funding to keep doing what they're doing.
- kasey_junk 2y agoIt’s also one of the most alien feeling places I’ve been to. Cannot recommend a visit to the National Park enough and suspect it’s not more of a tourist destination just because it’s so remote.
- chneu 2y agoit's a really amazing place. Definitely worth the trek out there if you have the time/desire. Really, the entire great basin/american SW is fascinating. There are a bunch of spots out there that will blow most people away.
- alnwlsn 2y agoBeing on top of the sand dunes is truly bizarre. It was so bright that I could see perfectly well without glasses (bright light = small pupil diameter = small aperture = high depth of field), and is pure monochrome white for miles in every direction. Not that I'm likely to ever know, but that is probably what it felt like to be on the moon. It's only missing the black sky and 1/6 gravity.