{"id":1024,"date":"2015-05-26T16:38:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2015-05-26T16:38:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:38:37","slug":"2015-04-25-the-eso-observatory-on-mount-paranal-and-mano-del-desierto-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/?p=1024","title":{"rendered":"2015-04-25: The ESO Observatory on Mount Paranal and Mano del Desierto (3\/3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After visiting Paranal, I returned in direction to Antofagasta. I detoured to visit Mano del Desierto, a stone hand in the middle of the desert. The artist <span class=\"_Xbe kno-fv\">Mario Irarr\u00e1zabal sculptured it in 1992 to express the feeling of\u00a0 injustice, loneliness, sorrow and torture. The concept of loneliness I can understand given the geographic location of the hand, and the emptiness of the desert around it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-922\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_0277.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_0277.jpg\" alt=\"Mano del Desierto: Hand in the middle of the Nowhere\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mano del Desierto: Hand in the middle of the Nowhere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-923\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_0283.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_0283.jpg\" alt=\"Mano del Desierto: Meet The Hand\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mano del Desierto: Meet The Hand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-925\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_0290.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-925 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_0290.jpg\" alt=\"20150425_DSC_0290\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mano del Desierte: Hand in the Desert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_924\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-924\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_0285.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-924\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_0285.jpg\" alt=\"Mano del Desierto: Myself leaning against Hand\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mano del Desierto: Myself leaning against Hand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-926\" style=\"width: 3216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_0291.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-926 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC_0291.jpg\" alt=\"20150425_DSC_0291\" width=\"3216\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mano del Desierte: Hand in the Desert during Sun Set<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"size-full wp-image-923\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-932\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMAG2128.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-932\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMAG2128.jpg\" alt=\"Mano Del Desierto: Hand and Myself in the Atacama Desert (and yes, it is a selfie)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mano Del Desierto: Hand and Myself in the Atacama Desert (and yes, it is a selfie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-931\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMAG2117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-931\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMAG2117.jpg\" alt=\"Mano Del Desierto: Hand and Myself in the Atacama Desert\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mano Del Desierto: Hand and Myself in the Atacama Desert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"size-full wp-image-923\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-934\" style=\"width: 1648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150425_ParanalYManoDelDesierto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gloetzner.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150425_ParanalYManoDelDesierto.jpg\" alt=\"VLT and Mano Del Deserto: GPS Track\" width=\"1648\" height=\"1004\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VLT and Mano Del Deserto: GPS Track<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After visiting Paranal, I returned in direction to Antofagasta. I detoured to visit Mano del Desierto, a stone hand in the middle of the desert. The artist Mario Irarr\u00e1zabal sculptured it in 1992 to express the feeling of\u00a0 injustice, loneliness, sorrow and torture. 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