White Sands National Monument

I visited White Sands National Monument (Park) in December. The dune fields of white sands and the crisp winter sky created a surreal mood, and I was astonished by it. In the harsh desert conditions, iconic Yucca plants were holding on to the dunes.

The sky changed its color from light pink to to reddish orange before the sun disappeared under the horizon in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.A Yucca was standing under dreamy pink sky at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico.Soaptree yuccas show their ways of life under the winter sky – standing, half buried, and dying in the white sands.A remnant of Soaptree Yucca flowers was burried in the sands at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.Yucca plants were standing under the moody clouds on a winter day at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.