Mano de Desierto, namely the so-called this sculpture is in the seventy-five kilometers south of the Chilean city of Antofogasta. As you know, the hand is in the Atacama desert, the most arid place on Earth.
Mano de Desierto is set next to the Pan American highway, and closest to the construction of the settlement is the town of Ciudad Empreserial La Negra. Naturally, the sculpture is the author. This Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrasabal name (Mario Irarrazabal). Hand is set at 1,100 meters above sea level, and its real height of eleven meters. The sculpture is intended to show the vulnerability and helplessness of man. Installing held on 28 March 1992..