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The Lightning Field
The Lightning Field (1977) is a land art work in Catron County, New Mexico, by sculptor Walter De Maria. It consists of 400 stainless steel poles with solid, pointed tips, arranged in a rectangular 1 mile × 1 kilometre grid array.
History.
It was commissioned by Dia Art Foundation, which also maintains the work. De Maria and his assistants—Robert Fosdick and Helen Winkler were the principal associates—scoured California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Texas by truck for
1945 – 20 February 1946
- Holley Field (AF auxiliary field at Hurlburt Fld)], FL, 15 Oct 1969
- Eglin Air Force Auxiliary Field No. 9 (Hurlburt Fld), Florida, 8 Sep 1973 – 30 Apr 1975
- Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 1 Nov 1991 – present
Lineage Aircraft.
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning, 1944
- Northrop P-61 Black Widow, 1944–1945
- Douglas P-70 Havoc, 1944
- Helio U-10 Courier, 1969-1970
- Cessna O-1