# Elena Gallegos Open Space, in the Sandia foothills of Albuquerque

> The foothills open space where searchers looked for Neil McCasland with drones, dogs and ground teams in March 2026; photographed in August 2018. A…

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# Elena Gallegos Open Space, in the Sandia foothills of Albuquerque

PhotographPublic domain21 August 2018

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[![Grassland and prickly pear in Elena Gallegos Open Space under storm cloud, with Albuquerque below. Released into the public domain on Flickr; resized to 1,600 pixels.](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/missing-scientists-elena-gallegos)](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/missing-scientists-elena-gallegos?w=2000)

Grassland and prickly pear in Elena Gallegos Open Space under storm cloud, with Albuquerque below. Released into the public domain on Flickr; resized to 1,600 pixels.

The foothills open space where searchers looked for Neil McCasland with drones, dogs and ground teams in March 2026; photographed in August 2018. A landscape of the search area only.

BrandonStephenson (Flickr), 2018. Public domain

## Copies 1

**Elena gallegos open space** BrandonStephenson (Flickr) · commons.wikimedia.org · 2018-08-21 · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elena_Gallegos_Open_Space_(44189598171).png)

## Where it was made

[Sandia Mountains](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/places/PLC0DCQV7WM61VW/sandia-mountains) · Mountain range

## Sources 1

- [Search for missing retired Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland expands from Albuquerque to Colorado home](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCQBW9RME6T/search-for-missing-retired-maj-gen-william-neil-mccasland)_SRC_

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Elena Gallegos Open Space, in the Sandia foothills of Albuquerque [Artifact ART0DCR4BBK1R0D]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DCR4BBK1R0D
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21 August 2018

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[Sandia Mountains](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/places/PLC0DCQV7WM61VW/sandia-mountains)

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[America's missing scientists, 2021–2026](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists)

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