There is a potential site outside of Reno Nevada about 50 miles to the east on I-80. It is up higher than the lakebed at one point that should allow the image to be recognizable from the highway. It is on public land and trucks can be driven right up to the area the rocks will be placed. At present the proposed whale is approximately 900’ in length and 300’ in depth. There is approximately 2600 lineal feet of rocks that will need to be placed. This is a size that can be accomplished with a modest amount of people. It is also a size that can be seen from high altitudes if the width of the rock placement is about 24 inches or better. The wider the rock placement, the higher the altitude it will be visible from. This type of art is called a geoglyph. You may have heard of some of the more famous geoglyphs in Peru. This geoglyph will be very unique. If we are sucessful at making it recognizable from both land and air it will be, without a doubt, the largest geoglyph in the world that is recognizable from both land and air. The largest geoglyph that I know of that is easily recognizable from land is on a hill side and it is 170' long. The Desert Whale is 900' long. Also, I believe that the largest geoglyph in Peru is less than 900' and if that is true the Desert Whale will be the largest geoglyph in the America's. There are two geoglyphs that will be larger than the Desert Whale. Both of them are in Australia. They are called the Marree Man and the Mundi Man. The process of doing this is a lot more involved than simply drawing lines and placing rocks. There is really no way a person can see the perspective of a 900’ long whale while you are at ground level drawing lines in the dirt. A surveying process is the only way to do it. Hopefully it will not be necessary to make adjustments after the preliminary survey. Once everything is right we will draw lines between the survey stakes with the appropriate curvatures. Once this is done it will be time to have a party.

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