On the way home from Heron Lake on Sunday, we made a side-trip to Plaza Blanca.
Georgia O'Keeffe's 1940 painting entitled "The White Place” was inspired by this unique and spiritual place.
Difficult as it is to imagine, this serene landscape had a violent birth. Carved into the mountainside, the white castle turrets, undulating ivory waves, and odd formation labyrinth is fashioned from tuff, a compacted volcanic ash formed during a cataclysmic event known as a pyroclastic flow.
Come along with us as we hike and explore Plaza Blanca…….
8 comments :
What a fabulous and unique place! Lovely pictures. Thank you very much for sharing.
WOW! I love your country side. These are stunning.
Great pictures. Betty and I just saw "Cowboys and Aliens" yesterday and I'm pretty confident the latter part of the movie was filmed in that area.
Dan
I'm a serious fan of badlands topography, so I really enjoyed this post. I'm from the Owens Valley in California, where the Alabama Hills form a backdrop for all manner of Westerns and science fiction flicks (think opening scenes of Ironman)--as do places like the ones you feature in New Mexico.
I'm looking forward to rambling through your blog now that I know it's there. Thanks for stopping by the Farm and commiserating with me; the weather broke right after I posted yesterday, and the temperatures look like they'll be around 5 degrees cooler for the near future, with a chance of rain on Saturday. I do envy you your high-desert weather, though!
Man what a cool place! I'd love to visit there sometime! Thanks so much for sharing!
PS- your kidz have sure grown in the last few months!
What an AMAZING landscape! Once again your photos capture the beauty that is the jewel of New Mexico!
Wow! I have said it before , you live in an amazing area,I will have to coem and let you be my tour guide
I'd like to drive past something that amazing on my way home!! :)
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