Los Alamos Reporter

PEEC: Geology and Art – Take a Trip To Georgia O’Keeffe’s ‘White Place,’ Ghost Ranch And More

Fraser and Cathy Goff will lead an Oct. 21 PEEC tour of Georgia O’Keeffe’s ‘White Place’ and Ghost Ranch. Photo Courtesy PEEC

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Explore the geology of Plaza Blanca and tour the red hills captured in Georgia O’Keeffe’s artwork on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 8 a.m. Tickets for this tour are $120 for PEEC members and $140 for non-members.

Spend a day exploring the geology of Georgia O’Keeffe’s “White Place” and Ghost Ranch with PEEC and local geologists Fraser and Cathy Goff. View the rocks of the White Place (aka Plaza Blanca), which consist of white, slightly tilted tuffaceous sediments of the Abiquiu Formation (early Miocene – late Oligocene) that is roughly 25 million years old. 

For more information about this event and registration, visit the following link, Geology and Art – Field Trip to Georgia O’Keeffe’s “White Place” & Ghost Ranch, and for other PEEC programs, visit peecnature.org/events, email kristen@peecnature.org, or call (505) 662-0460.