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The rock formations before you are sedimentary, primarily limestone and gypsum, which are formed only under the sea.

Limestone contains fossils, yielding information and knowledge about life in prehistoric eras .

Gypsum from the San Andres Mountains is being carried down and deposited in Tularosa Basin creating the White Sands.

US Highway 82 @ New Mexico
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Lincoln National Forest

Author daveynin from United States
Camera location32° 56′ 46.71″ N, 105° 51′ 37.31″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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