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Date: Sep 15 19:44 2008

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Artist Nancy Holts "Sun Tunnels", were built in 1976, and were designed to be aligned with sunrise and sunset on each solstice, winter and summer. The "Sun Tunnels" consist of four industrial 9 foot concrete tubes punctured with holes in the patterns of the constellations of Draco, Perseus, Columba, and Capricorn, in a remote desert in Utah. Winter Solstice at the Sun Tunnels 2007 Click to Play \| View Details __________________

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Date: Sep 15 17:01 2008

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The Roden Crater project is artist James Turrell's most ambitious project and is being constructed in a dormant volcano in the Painted Desert of northern Arizona, northeast of Flagstaff. Read more Latitude: 35°25'32.53"N, Longitude: 111°15'31.69"W __________________

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Date: Sep 15 17:00 2008

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Nancy Holt. Sun Tunnels Sun Tunnels is located in the Great Basin Desert outside of the town of Lucin, Utah. The work is a product of Holts interest in the great variation of intensity of the sun in the desert compared to the sun in the city. Read more Read more Latitude: 41°18'12.65"N. Longitude: -113°51'49.75"W __________________

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