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Desert Lighthouse
Desert Lighthouse is a full-size functioning lighthouse in the Mojave Desert near Hinkley, California, Hinkley, California, United States. It was built in 2017 by artist Daniel Hawkins (artist), Daniel Hawkins after nearly 10 years of planning and unexpected setbacks. Background Sometime after 2010, Hawkins had previously built a lighthouse nearby in the Lucerne Valley, California, Lucerne Valley area of the Mojave Desert but it was subsequently destroyed and dismantled by vandals and scavengers. In 2014, Hawkins presented an exhibition title "Desert Lighthouse Ultimatum" at the University of California, Riverside, University of California, Riverside's Culver Center for the Arts Museum. The theme of his exhibition was the return of his effort to establish a permanent lighthouse in the Mojave Desert. Three years later on July 1, 2017 the Desert Lighthouse was unveiled to the public during an evening "Launch Event". Reviews Art critic Doug Harvey (artist), Doug Harvey referred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinkley, California
Hinkley is an unincorporated community in the Mojave Desert, in San Bernardino County, California, United States, 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Barstow, 59 miles (95 km) east of Mojave, north of Victorville and about a 120 mile (193 km) drive northeast of Los Angeles, just north of California State Route 58. The residents have faced concerns over hexavalent chromium in their well water from the world's largest plume of this cancer-causing chemical. History Between the 1960s and 1980s, several miles west of Hinkley along State Route 58, the Hawes Radio Tower at the World War II Hawes Auxiliary Airfield, a guyed mast, was used for military communication in the LF-range. In 2015, Hinkley was one of the filming locations for ''Sky''. Hinkley was also the setting for ''Erin Brockovich''. Groundwater contamination From 1952, Hinkley has had its groundwater contaminated with hexavalent chromium by a compressor station for natural gas transmission pipeline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
