Welcome to another #ArtThursday! Over the course of six days in 1970, American land artist Robert Smithson created his greatest work: "Spiral Jetty." The 1,500-foot-long (460-meter) curlicue made of basalt rock juts from the shore of Utah's rose-colored Great Salt Lake and constantly changes with the surrounding environment. Two years after Smithson finished the sculpture, rising water levels submerged the entire artwork for decades. When recent droughts lowered the height of the lake the artwork reemerged, though its appearance had changed dramatically. The once-black rocks are now whitened by salt crystals and silt. Fortunately, Instagrammers have made the trek to rural Utah to see and capture "Spiral Jetty" in person while it's still visible.
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Photo by @bbtanner