As the wildfires blazed on the American West Coast, the smoke traveled eastern around the globe. This photograph, taken in Maine, of smoke from the wildfires in the North American West, highlights the lasting and wide-reaching effects of human ecologic irresponsibility.
Referencing one of the most prolific land artists to source inspiration from helps to place this work into a historic timeline. This functions to indicate how much our environment has changed rapidly since the land art movement was a prominent part of the art being made at the time to today.