feel good, look good, live well For Explorers ready for a trip to the moon White Sands National Park New Mexico White Sands achieved national parkdom in 2019, but folks have been traveling to this bleached desert oasis for decades. The big draw is the endless field of gypsum dunes, whose colors shift from blood orange to powder white then lavender as the day dips into night, creating an otherworldly landscape reminiscent of the moon.