Attend the following event, come before/stay after and post pictures on your social media account. Must have cell phone and a social media account either Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, and be comfortable posting about this event. Up to 2 hours. Tag @wvulibraries, #wvulibraries
Join us for a talk by artist and professor of geology Kathleen Benison on May 13 at 4:00 pm in the WVU Downtown Library, Room 1020. Free cookies from Insomnia Cookies!
During the Permian Period, ~270 million years ago, acidic, salty lakes and groundwaters existed in Kansas. Remnants of these extreme environments have been preserved as rocks and include red muds, blue gypsum, and clear halite, along with entrapped microcapsules of Permian water, atmosphere, and microorganisms. Photographs of these rocks serve as both scientific evidence and aesthetic objects. All photographs by Kathleen Benison.
