White
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White Sands Missile Range was founded in 1945 as a place to test the V2 rockets we took from Germany after WW2.  It was taken from the ranchers like pat garret and Mcdonald ranchhouse where the Manhattan Project was constructed.  The first atomic bomb was tested there also, which is known as Trinity Site.  It is now used to test all newly constructed military equipment we use.  In the Picture above is Missile Park which anyone can visit.  In the picture on the far top is White Sands Monument which is by the city Alamagordo, which anyone can visit.
checkered whiptail

Checkered whiptail
            The Prarie Rattlesnake
Oryx which was imported from Africa

   The weather on white sands is like the rest of New Mexico.  It is very hot in the summers about 97+ degrees.  During the winter on the coldest days at the end of December it drops to about 40 degrees.  Occasionally it snows but it doesn't usually stay on the ground for more than a day or so.  It does stay in the mountain tops.                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  At Trinity Site on the White Sands range is where the first atomic bomb was tested.  IT was constructed at the Mcdonald ranch house, and was hoisted on the metal structure in front of the house.    The Trinity Site and McDonald ranch house are open once a year to the public to tour.                                                                                                                                     
            
    Information Gathered From:
www.nmmagazine.com/nmregions/sealamogordo.html
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www.llbean.com/parksearch/parks/ pic_html/lb000672.htm
www.yahooligans.com/content/ animals/photo/4433.html
www.nmsu.edu/satellite/whitesands/ whitesandsmain.shtm
www.wsmr-history.org/
www.alamogordo.com/ trinity.html
sgs.cnr.colostate.edu/EdWeb/ Ed%20Sites%20and%20Sounds%2