Roden Crater
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Roden Crater is a cinder cone type of volcanic cone from an extinct volcano, with a remaining interior volcanic crater. It is located northeast of the city of Flagstaff in northern Arizona, United States.
Art project
The artist James Turrell, for his land art project, acquired the 400,000-year-old, Template:Convert crater's land. Turrell has since been transforming the inner cone of the crater into a massive naked-eye observatory, designed specifically for the viewing and experiencing sky-light, solar, and celestial phenomena. The fleeting Winter and Summer solstice events will be highlighted.
Future
The Dia Art Foundation is continuing to advocate for the development of James Turrell's Roden Crater project in the Painted Desert in Arizona which was begun in the 1970s with Dia's support.
See also
- Land Arts of the American West
- Environmental art
- Environmental sculpture
- Site-specific art
- Land art
- List of cinder cones
