Approximately 32 miles south of Juarez, on highway 45, there are the Samalayuca Dunes. The most admirable of the zone happens when the wind flies cortins of the very white and fine sand, that through the sunlight turns to a beautiful gold colored spectacle causing the hills to change from place to place. Samalayuca is the most famous desert zone in the State for its extensions and for the recent discovery of marine fossils. Under the sand hills some archeological vestiges where found. The dune's name "Samalayuca," is of Nahuati Origin. Evidence that the Nahua tribes passed by on their way south, when searching for the promising land.