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Sun Tunnels

The Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt

Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels, 1976
Four cast concrete, 18 ft. tunnels with open ends aligned with the points on the horizon where the sun rises and sets at the winter and summer solstices. Penetrating the tunnels are holes with diameters of 7 to 10 inches in the patterns of the four constellations of; Capricorn, Draco, Columbia and Perseus

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