Roden Crater
Mountain peak · Coconino County ·
Volcanic cinder cone transformed into light and space observatory
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Arizona 86004 Get directions
Volcanic cinder cone transformed into light and space observatory
Arizona 86004 Get directions
"For the last 40 years, on the edge of Arizona’s Painted Desert, James Turrell has been on a mission to capture the heavens on Earth with his magnum opus, Roden Crater. In 1977, Turrell acquired this two-mile-wide extinct volcano near Flagstaff, the city he calls home, and since then has been excavating tons of earth to carve viewing chambers and tunnels—transforming a volcanic cinder cone into a naked-eye observatory full of his signature light and space installations."