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Two of the state's most popular national parks — Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands — were listed among the 10 worst in the country for air quality out of almost 400 examined. Ground-level ozone ...
James Larkin White (July 11, 1882– April 26, 1946) was a cowboy, guano miner, cave explorer, and park ranger for the National Park Service.He is best remembered as the discoverer, early promoter and explorer of what is known today as Carlsbad Caverns in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.
Elevator house, c. 1933–42; photo by Ansel Adams A ladder used by the first explorers in the Carlsbad Caverns. In 1898, a teenager named Jim White explored the cavern with a homemade wire ladder. He named many of the rooms, including the Big Room, New Mexico Room, Kings Palace, Queens Chamber, Papoose Room, and Green Lake Room.
White Sands National Park is a national park of the United States located in New Mexico and completely surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range.The park covers 145,762 acres (227.8 sq mi; 589.9 km 2) in the Tularosa Basin, including the southern 41% of a 275 sq mi (710 km 2) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.
Pitt was also photographed at Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. Brad Pitt at White Sands National Park. ... Music videos of diverse genres were also filmed at White Sands, including Pink Floyd’s ...
White Sands National Park has been the backdrop to several major movies since 1950 starting with “King Solomon’s Mine.” The 1968 western movie “Hang ‘Em High” was filmed in the park as ...
Las Cruces, White Sands [22] Easy Rider: 1969 Navajo Nation [23] The Cheyenne Social Club: 1970 Santa Fe, Eaves Movie Ranch [24] Gas-s-s-s: 1970 Fort Bliss [25] The Gatling Gun: 1971 Albuquerque [26] My Name Is Nobody: 1973 Acoma Pueblo, Cabezon, Mogollon, San Estévan del Rey Mission Church, White Sands [27] Bite the Bullet: 1975
The Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park is the largest single cave chamber by volume in North America. It is accessible via a relatively flat 1.25 mile (2 km) trail. The cavern was formed ...