Contaminated Radioactive Sediment, Mortandad Canyon, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
Artist
Patrick Nagatani
(American, 1945 - 2017)
Date1990
MediumChromogenic print on Ilfocolor Deluxe paper
DimensionsImage: 17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
Support: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Mat: 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm)
Support: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Mat: 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of anonymous donor, 1997
Object number1997.61.7
DescriptionA winter landscape scene during snowfall. A glowing yellow line runs through the canyon in the central portion of the image. A large pine tree dominates the right foreground. The night sky has a pale yellow glow along the horizon. Snow falls from the top of the image in uniform, white round dots.On View
Not on viewTerms
- contamination
- environmental impact
- winter
- snow
- radioactivity
- soil
