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A volcanic creation erupting with light

By Lin Qi | China Daily | Updated: 2017-05-09 07:19

It started when US light-and-space artist James Turrell bought a volcanic cinder cone in Arizona in 1977.

The 74-year-old has since been sculpting the peak into a large-scale work called Roden Crater by chiseling open-sky tunnels and closed chambers to capture light in both day and night.

He remains fully committed to the ongoing project.

A volcanic creation erupting with light

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