1977 WALTER DE MARIA, THE LIGHTNING FIELD, QUEMADO NM
400 stainless poles (2 inches diameter, h. 20 feet 7 ˝ inch) arranged in rectangular grid array (16 by width, 25 to length) extended one mile by one kilometer
"The land is not the setting for the work but a part of work." W. de Maria, 1980
"The observed ratio of lightning storms which pass over the sculpture has been approximately 3 per 30 days during the lighting season." W. de Maria, 1980
