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White Sands National Monument in New Mexico

Life beginning in the desert

butterfly on the flower

This blooming yucca stands tall in the desert of New Mexico at White Sands National Park. The park is a field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. The San Andres mountains are are to the West and the Sacramento Mountains to the East with the Tularosa basin in between. The yuccas bloom in spring. A stunning area is beautiful with the a bright blue sky against the white sand. Plants play a critical role in the ecosystem as they provide food and shelter for wildlife.

Small spinifex plant at foot of ripples of sand hill

Potanthus omaha, commonly known as the lesser dart, is a species of skipper butterflies.

A close-up shot of a crimson-speckled flunkey on a yellow flower

Yuccas and sumac and other desert shrubs on the gypsum sand at White Sands

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Lepidoptera insects in the wild, North China

butterfly on the flower

In the vast desert area of New Mexico in the White Sands National Park area, blooming soap weed yuccas are a wonderful sight. The area is in the Tularosa basin area with San Andres Mountains to the West and Sacramento Mountains to the East. Drifts in the the dunes can be 10' to 60' high. The dunes are a magical and unusual place in the Southwest. The wind-created ripples create a stunning visual of shadows of light and dark. As day light shifts into evening there is a stillness and a pastel glow of light on the sand and yuccas.

Certain species of Yucca can survive in the harsh environment of White Sands National Park, New Mexico

Plants at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA

A small bug with patterned wings on a red stone

Soaptree Yucca plant (Yucca Elata) at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, USA.

Crambidae

Polites peckius, the Peck's skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae, subfamily Hesperiinae.

butterfly on the flower

The white sand in White Sands National Park is a stunning visual beneath the blue sky of New Mexico.

Sunrising over the dunes at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico USA.

Soap Tree Yucca plants at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA

Yucca bush growing in the sand at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, late spring afternoon, blue sky, sunshine.

Insect on green leaf.

Flowers of Baltic sea rocket (Cakile baltica) in their natural environment at dawn, a strong wind is blowing, grains of sand are blown up into the camera, Curonian Spit, Kaliningrad region, Russia

Potanthus omaha, commonly known as the lesser dart, is a species of skipper butterflies.

Muschampia proteides on the plant

Spinifex Grass in Kings Canyon

Butterfly or moth in its natural environment

In the vast desert area of New Mexico in the White Sands National Park area, blooming soap weed yuccas are a wonderful sight. The area is in the Tularosa basin area with San Andres Mountains to the West and Sacramento Mountains to the East. Drifts in the the dunes can be 10' to 60' high. The dunes are a magical and unusual place in the Southwest. The wind-created ripples create a stunning visual of shadows of light and dark. As day light shifts into evening there is a stillness and a pastel glow of light on the sand and yuccas.

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