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Tom Conelly | profile | all galleries >> Four Corners: US Southwest - 20+ galleries >> White Sands National Monument, New Mexico tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Monument Valley, AZ | Las Vegas 2013 | Historic Town of Mesilla, New Mexico | Historic New Mexico | Organ Mountains, southern New Mexico | Skies of New Mexico | Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico | Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, New Mexico | City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico | Rodeo - Women's Barrel Racing, Las Cruces (2010) | White Sands National Monument, New Mexico | Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona (2010) | Utah National Parks | Silver City, New Mexico | El Paso Zoo (Panasonic FZ 150) | Southwest Cemeteries | San Juan Mountains, Colorado (2011) | Mesa Verde N.P., Colorado (2011) | Taos Pueblo, New Mexico | Raft the Rio 2010, Las Cruces New mexico | Raft the Rio, New Mexico, May 2009 | Tortugas: Our Lady of Guadalupe | Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, New Mexico | Mesilla House 2009

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

White Sands National Monument is only about 90 minutes from our home near Las Cruces, in southern New Mexico, so I am able to visit several times during the year and see the changes that occur with the seasons. I think that black and white images are often appropriate for the stark contrasts at White Sands, much as black and white often works well for winter scenes with snow (see B&W gallery below). I also like to sometimes include people in my landscapes. This helps give a sense of scale to the scene and also avoids the common fiction in many photo galleries that our National Parks are pristine environments that have little human presence or impact.

These photos range from 2011 back through my first visit in 2006. See also White Sands photos for 2013 at: https://pbase.com/tconelly/whitesands_jan2013
White Sands in Black and White
[ White Sands in Black and White ]
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g1/56/151956/3/129944135.0LAtODwv.jpg g1/56/151956/3/129898473.1pVgNG6b.jpg g1/56/151956/3/129897799.AJfb8ggh.jpg g1/56/151956/3/129896888.IbZ2uiDa.jpg Tops of cottonwood trees -- the rest of the tree is buried under the sand
g1/56/151956/3/129875703.aFO8NoiY.jpg g1/56/151956/3/129871879.99WbES0N.jpg Fall foliage on cottonwood trees in White Sands NP g3/56/151956/3/119624812.pPrQXdkR.jpg g1/56/151956/3/126702475.AZISoqKw.jpg
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Enjoying the sunset at White Sands g3/56/151956/3/119661017.ltNBitUF.jpg g1/56/151956/3/132395381.eIYPg0id.jpg g6/56/151956/3/72808196.9xKmumL8.jpg g6/56/151956/3/72808197.RxJ9235S.jpg
g6/56/151956/3/72808198.z2LPorPJ.jpg g6/56/151956/3/72808200.c7xELexw.jpg Christmas time on the dunes at White Sands g6/56/151956/3/72808202.eCgcmVNE.jpg g6/56/151956/3/72808204.BLHXdqJm.jpg
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