Lake Lucero is a dried lakebed most of the year, but it fills with water after rainfall or snowmelt. 12,000 years ago there White Sands National Park was covered by Lake Otero, which evaporated and left behind selenite crystals. The erosion of these crystals created the white gypsum sand of the dunes. At Lake Lucero, this process is still visible and hikers will find crystals over a foot long arranged in large formations.

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Location: Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States

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