Add Water, Remove Water, Repeat

Unique conditions all work together to form White Sands National Park.

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Forming a gypsum dunefield takes many specific environmental conditions. Water, gypsum, a low lying area, sun, and wind. While many places can check off those conditions only White Sands has them occur in a very specific way. These conditions formed the world's largest known gypsum dunefield.