In 2012, artist Michael Heizer's art piece, Levitated Mass, was made a permanent fixture on the campus of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Levitated Mass is a huge, 340-ton (308.4-metric-ton), 21.5-foot (6.6-meter)-high boulder that was affixed to the inner walls of a trench so viewers of the piece could walk underneath the boulder to appreciate the immense size of the rock.
The rock came from a valley in Riverside, CA, about 85 miles (136.8 kilometers) from Los Angeles. It had to be transported by a 176-wheel transporter truck at a speed of 10 miles per hour. It took 11 days to make the trek.
It is believed that the boulder is one of the heaviest objects moved since ancient times.
Would you seek cover under the rock during one of L.A.'s infamous earthquakes?
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