"Spiral Jetty" and "The Lightning Field": Two Masterpieces of Land Art and What It Takes to See Them

"Spiral Jetty" by Robert Smithson/Courtesy Wikipedia<;a Walter De Maria's "The Lightning Field"/Courtesy diaart.orgMy interest in Land Art began in childhood, when I first saw photos of Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty, then newly built, in a magazine. By the time I was old enough to visit the 1,500 foot rock, earth and salt crystal coil, it had long been…