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Gypsum dune, moving slowly as the wind drifts the fine particles, is overcoming a yucca, just the seed stalk showing. These burried yuccas are reported to survive years of such burial, starting to grow again when the dune passes on. With native grass and track of a small animal. White Sands National Park, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK
Gypsum dune, moving slowly as the wind drifts the fine particles, is overcoming a yucca, just the seed stalk showing. These burried yuccas are reported to survive years of such burial, starting to grow again when the dune passes on. With native grass and track of a small animal. White Sands National Park, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton