“Since Turrell bought the 400,000-year-old, 2-mile-wide crater in 1979 and began moving tons of earth to carve out different kinds of viewing chambers and tunnels - making his art of light, sky and astronomical events instead of, say, paint and canvas - anticipation has been building.”Roden Crater: Peaking inside Turrell’s unfinished work - International Herald Tribune

“Since Turrell bought the 400,000-year-old, 2-mile-wide crater in 1979 and began moving tons of earth to carve out different kinds of viewing chambers and tunnels - making his art of light, sky and astronomical events instead of, say, paint and canvas - anticipation has been building.”

Roden Crater: Peaking inside Turrell’s unfinished work - International Herald Tribune