A naked eye observatory outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico
Last December we were inspired by an article in The Guardian to make a post about various earthworks including Star Axis by Charles Ross. And we ran across a nice piece on Star Axis posted today by BLDGBLOG. After poking around a bit more, we found several good links regarding Star Axis for your browsing pleasure.
Charles Ross conceived of Star Axis in 1971, and the Chupinas Mesa site in New Mexico was obtained in 1975.
Star Axis is an architectonic earth/star sculpture constructed with the geometry of the stars; earth-to-star alignments built to human scale. It offers an intimate experience of how the earth's environment extends into the space of the stars.Link: Star Axis
Coords: N35°15.862, W105°05.217 (13E 492090 3902362N) [via]
Via: BLDGBLOG - Roadhenge
More links:
Link: Eyestorm - Charles Ross Star Axis
Link: Exploratorium - Light and Landscape (Real and Quicktime movies)
Link: Collector's Guide - Star Axis – A Theatre in the Sky
Reference: Earthworks revealed (L+L)
Reference: Satell(s)iteseeing (L+L)
