Photos: Solar panels vs. desert carvings
Estrella Newman, 76, center, from Mexico City, drummer Jesus Figuera, left, and Aztec dancer Netze Cuauhtemoc, right, perform a sacred dance around burning sage during a ritual cleansing of the grounds near several giant geoglyphs in the desert near Blythe, Calif., in March. The dancers and others are opposed to the construction of a nearby solar energy facility that could endanger the carvings.
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Estrella Newman walks through the center of a circle of Aztec dancers and other family members around a smoldering sage fire during a “calling” in the desert near Blythe, Calif.
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Aztec dancer Pastel, who doesn’t use a last name, takes part in a sacred dance around burning sage during a ritual cleansing of the grounds near several giant geoglyphs in the desert near Blythe, Calif.
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Alfredo Figueroa, center with white hat, joins a circle of Aztec dancers and other family members around a smoldering sage fire during a “calling” in the desert near Blythe, Calif. Figueroa, the 75-year-old guardian of the giant geoglyphs, is worried about the proposed construction of a solar energy facility atop the Kokopelli geoglyph and claims the project will endanger other historic sites in the area.
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Aztec dancer Netze Cauhtemoc makes a horn-like sound with a conch shell before performing a sacred ritual cleansing of the grounds near several giant geoglyphs in the desert.
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Alfredo Figueroa is the 76-year-old guardian of the giant geoglyphs and petroglyphs near Blythe, Calif.
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