Nancy Holt-Sun Tunnels at Sunset

Sun Tunnels 1973-76. Sun Tunnels 1973-76 Nancy Holt, Great Basin Desert, Utah. Concrete, steel, and earth. Total length: 86 ft. Tunnel length: 18 ft. © Holt-Smithson Foundation/Licensed by VAGA/NY. Photograph by Nancy Holt. ———————- Site: The Great Basin Desert in Northwestern Utah, about 4 miles southwest of Lucin (pop. 10) and 9 miles east of the Nevada border. Dimensions: Total length: 86 ft. Tunnel length: 18 ft. Tunnel diameters outside: 9 ft. 2-1/2 in. Tunnel diameters inside: 8 ft. Wall thickness: 7 1/2 in. Orientation: The tunnels are aligned with the sun on the horizon (the sunrises and sunsets) on the solstices. Each tunnel has a different configuration of holes corresponding to stars in four constellations: Draco, Perseus, Columba, Capricorn —————————————————- Captions: Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels, Great Basin Desert, Utah, 1973-1976. Concrete, steel, and earth. 110 1/2 x 822 x 636 inches. Art © Estate of Nancy Holt/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Courtesy the Estate of Nancy Holt. Photograph by Nancy Holt. Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels, 1973-76, Great Basin Desert, Utah Length: 86 ft.  Diameter of concrete tunnels: 9 ft. 3 in. The tunnels frame the sunrises and sunsets on the sol