Off-topic, but Alamogordo is a beautiful area. Very close to the White Sands National Monument. If anyone is ever in that area, I'd recommend visiting.
I went there once a few years ago during the summer. It was brutally hot out and dry as hell, but the sand was so cool you could have sworn there was an ice-rink under it or something. Even weirder though, it hurt to stare directly at the sand for too long since it reflected sunlight so well. I expect that you could probably get snow-blindness from staring at it for too long.
It felt like being in a field of gritty snow inside of an oven.
Alamogordo is about an hour away from where I live, I can't help but wonder if they'll let me pay a visit and check it out.
I would add that Alamogordo was the fictitious location of the giant ants in the film "Them!"