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Thursday, 01 October 2015 11:07

Utah’s Severe Drought is Affecting Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty”

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The Great Salt Lake in Utah, which houses Robert Smithson's famous land work, Spiral Jetty, is facing the most critical drought in history.

Water is dropping south of the lake's historic low, set in 1963. According to a story by the Salt Lake Tribune, reported in February, the lake level was at an all-time low at 4,193.8 feet and "many observers expect it to dip to a new historic low within the year, depending on precipitation this winter."

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