The site was chosen because of its anti-pastoral beauty and because of its red water, which is caused by the presence of bacteria and algae tolerant of its 27% salinity.
The site was chosen because of its anti-pastoral beauty and because of its red water, which is caused by the presence of bacteria and algae tolerant of its 27% salinity.* It stretches 1500 feet and was composed of black basalt rocks, which, after 30 years of submersion, have turned white from salt encrustation. FTP, what is this large 15-foot wide counterclockwise coil, a large earthwork sculpture by Robert Smithson on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake.
The site was chosen because of its anti-pastoral beauty and because of its red water, which is caused by the presence of bacteria and algae tolerant of its 27% salinity.
Spiral Jetty