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White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
Image captured on 28 April 2019, by the MODIS instrument, aboard the Terra satellite
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True-color image of the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. The White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of the world's largest gypsum dunefield. The image was acquired on 28 April 2019 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument, aboard the Terra satellite.
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