White Sands, New Mexico - Gypsum Wonderland (Download)

White Sands, New Mexico - Gypsum Wonderland (Download)
Author: Emerson Kent
Publisher: Emerson Kent
Total Pages: 20
Release:
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1411687574

The brochure has 20 pages, the format 8.5 x 11.0, and you can either obtain it at the White Sands Visitor's Center or you can order it here and arrive already informed. WHAT'S IN IT? The brochure gives you a brief introduction to White Sands National Monument, as well as fascinating facts about its geology, history, and background. You will also find an interview with a White Sands employee and many high quality photos. You will finally be able to explain to your kids where all the white sand came from. Imagine that! A great way to prepare yourself for a visit at the Monument.

Who's Who in History (Download)

Who's Who in History (Download)
Author: Emerson Kent
Publisher: Emerson Kent
Total Pages: 76
Release:
Genre: History
ISBN: 1411695364

Get the basics and learn interesting facts about the key figures and events in history. The book in your hands is a cross section of history. The style in which it is written gives you much information in a few words. You will enjoy reading it whether you go cover to cover or dive straight into the subject that interests you. This work is meant as an appetizer. A detail might catch your interest and you might decide to earmark it as an object for further investigation. Who's Who in History is easy and fun to read. All you need to know - no more, no less.

My History ABC (Download)

My History ABC (Download)
Author: Emerson Kent
Publisher: Emerson Kent
Total Pages: 68
Release:
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1411693698

Knowledge that sticks! Twenty-six people who are important in world history have written their details into your yearbook. My History ABC is especially recommended for the young historian who is between 12 and 16 years old.

White Sands National Monument

White Sands National Monument
Author: Rose Houk
Publisher: Western National Parks Association
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1994
Genre: Natural history
ISBN: 9781877856501

Rising in a seemingly endless procession from an ancient lake bed in the Tularosa Basin of southern New Mexico, the stark gypsum dunes of White Sands National Monument grow, crest, and slump, driven by the wind. The sands form an ecological island where desert plants and animals have adapted to a bright and shifting world. This stunning book describes the area's natural and human history, including the detonation of the first atomic bomb at the nearby Trinity site. Photos by Michael Collier, plus rare historical images.

Into the Great White Sands

Into the Great White Sands
Author: Jeanetta Calhoun Mish
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2018
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0826358306

Varjabedian's photographs reveal snow-white dunes of gypsum, striking landforms, storms and stillness, panoramic vistas and breathtaking sunsets, intricate wind-blown patterns in the sand, ancient animal tracks, exquisite desert plants, and also the people who come to experience this place that is at once spectacular yet subtle.

White Sands National Monument

White Sands National Monument
Author: Joseph T. Page II
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2013-12-02
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1439644365

The worlds largest gypsum dune field, the 275-square-mile dunes of White Sands National Monument are a geologic oddity more than 250 million years in the making. Located in Southern New Mexico, the popularity of the monument draws nearly half a million visitors each year to the National Park Services southwestern region. The area is protected from encroachment by the boundaries of the US Armys White Sands Missile Range and houses no less than 144 species of birds, 20 unique mammals, and 371 types of insects. The gypsums beauty has been captured by photographers and filmmakers for more than a century. Both Hollywood and scientists alike have sought after the monuments stunning otherworldly visuals to mimic other countries and worlds. The deserts of Qatar were recreated for Transformers (2007), and the monument has been identified as a potential analog site for Mars.

White Sands National Monument

White Sands National Monument
Author: Joseph T. II Page
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2013-12-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781531675417

The world's largest gypsum dune field, the 275-square-mile dunes of White Sands National Monument are a geologic oddity more than 250 million years in the making. Located in Southern New Mexico, the popularity of the monument draws nearly half a million visitors each year to the National Park Service's southwestern region. The area is protected from encroachment by the boundaries of the US Army's White Sands Missile Range and houses no less than 144 species of birds, 20 unique mammals, and 371 types of insects. The gypsum's beauty has been captured by photographers and filmmakers for more than a century. Both Hollywood and scientists alike have sought after the monument's stunning otherworldly visuals to mimic other countries and worlds. The deserts of Qatar were recreated for Transformers (2007), and the monument has been identified as a potential analog site for Mars.