Open AccessQuiet Catastrophe: Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty, Vanished
Author(s) -
Clark Lunberry
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
discourse
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1522-5321
pISSN - 1536-1810
DOI - 10.1353/dis.2003.0027
Subject(s) - jetty , geology , shore , archaeology , geography , geomorphology , oceanography
Maps to Nowhere: Seen from above, Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty emerges dramatically from the rocky shores of Utah's Great Salt Lake. Like a swirling vortex steadied and then stilled, the earthwork begins as a straight line of stone extending far into the water, the form then curving, arching and coiling in upon itself until abruptly coming to an end. Rocks and boulders are seen in various shapes and sizes, with brown soil packed and flattened within the spiral,
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