Some tourists visit White Sands National Monument expecting to find a monument. Assuming they'll see a statue or obelisk with a bronze commemorative plaque, they find ins...
Evening in the Dunes, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
Photograph by Nick Zantop
New Mexico's white gypsum sand dunes rise into the distance at White Sands National Monument. I shot...
Sea of Sand, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, United States
Photograph by Nick Zantop
I took this photo while hiking out of the dunefield after spending the night backcountry camping...
The Chandelier, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, United States
Photograph by Nick Zantop
Seven hundred feet below New Mexico's Guadelupe Mountains, the air is cool. The tiniest hint of a breeze...
I grew up spending magical summers sweating away on archaeological digs, getting absolutely filthy shoveling dirt and cleaning potsherds and bones back in the lab, so few things get me as excited as a trip to o...