{"id":25633,"date":"2025-07-05T19:31:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T18:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/?p=25633"},"modified":"2025-07-05T19:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T18:51:22","slug":"mano-del-desierto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/?p=25633","title":{"rendered":"La Mano del Desierto"},"content":{"rendered":"
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La Mano del Desierto and Magellanic Clouds<\/p><\/div>\n

La Mano del Desierto<\/a>, Hand of the Desert, Desert Hand. A unique 11-meter reinforced concrete sculpture located about 62 km south of the Chilean city of Antofagasta, was built in 1992 by the now 85-year-old sculptor Mario Irarr\u00e1zabal Covarrubias and attracts hundreds to thousands of tourists from all over the world every day. It is one of four such unusual sculptures; in Chile, hand-like fingers stick out of the ground at the beach in Puerto Natales, and Europeans can find others in Madrid and also in Venice, Italy. But this one is clearly the largest and rightly the most popular. It rises like the hand of God in the middle of the apparent nothingness of the vast high-altitude Atacama Desert.<\/p>\n

You will read from various sources that the statue has no fixed meaning; For some, it is an expression of helplessness, for drivers, a message from the city of Antofagasta bidding farewell to its visitors on the side of the very long Pan-American highway, Ruta 5. Older generations interpret it as a memorial to the victims of injustice and torture during the military dictatorship from 1973 to 1990. But many eager visitors also see in it an abstract message of their own existence.<\/p>\n

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La Mano del Desierto<\/p><\/div>\n

Captured on 23 April 2025. Used Canon Ra, Sigma 50mm, f1.6, panorama of 19 single 8s exposures from tripod, H-alpha from photographed and added separately. <\/p>\n

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La Mano del Desierto, Hand of the Desert, Pou\u0161tn\u00ed ruka. Unik\u00e1tn\u00ed 11metrov\u00e1 \u017eelezobetonov\u00e1 socha le\u017e\u00edc\u00ed, asi 62 km ji\u017en\u011b od chilsk\u00e9ho m\u011bsta Antofagasta, byla postaven\u00e1 v roce 1992 dnes ji\u017e p\u011btaosmdes\u00e1tilet\u00fdm socha\u0159em Mariem Irarr\u00e1zabalem Covarrubiasem a l\u00e1k\u00e1 denn\u011b stovky a\u017e tis\u00edce turist\u016f z cel\u00e9ho sv\u011bta. Je to jedna ze \u010dty\u0159 takov\u00fdch nezvykl\u00fdch soch, v Chile se prsty podobn\u00e9 ruky s\u00e1pou ze zem\u011b u pl\u00e1\u017ee v Puerto Natales, dal\u0161\u00ed najdou Evropan\u00e9 v Madridu a tak\u00e9 v italsk\u00fdch Ben\u00e1tk\u00e1ch. Tahle je ale jednozna\u010dn\u011b nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed a pr\u00e1vem nejpopul\u00e1rn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed. Zved\u00e1 se toti\u017e jak ruka bo\u017e\u00ed uprost\u0159ed zd\u00e1nliv\u00e9 nicoty rozs\u00e1hl\u00e9 vysokohorsk\u00e9 pou\u0161t\u011b Atacama.<\/p>\n

Z r\u016fzn\u00fdch zdroj\u016f se do\u010dtete, \u017ee socha nem\u00e1 pevn\u00fd v\u00fdznam; pro n\u011bkter\u00e9 je to vyj\u00e1d\u0159en\u00ed bezmoci, pro \u0159idi\u010de vzkaz m\u011bsta Antofagasta lou\u010d\u00edc\u00edho se s jeho n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edky na kraji p\u0159edlouh\u00e9 panamerick\u00e9 d\u00e1lnice Ruta 5. Star\u0161\u00ed generace si jej vykl\u00e1daj\u00ed jako pam\u00e1tn\u00edk ob\u011btem bezpr\u00e1v\u00ed a mu\u010den\u00ed b\u011bhem vojensk\u00e9 diktatury v letech 1973-1990. Ale mnoz\u00ed dychtiv\u00ed n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edci v tom vid\u00ed i abstraktn\u00ed poselstv\u00ed vlastn\u00edho byt\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Pr\u00e1v\u011b poloha ruky prakticky v pou\u0161ti ji\u017en\u00ed zemsk\u00e9 polokoule, u\u017e relativn\u011b daleko od zdroj\u016f sv\u011bteln\u00e9ho zne\u010di\u0161t\u011bn\u00ed, no\u010dn\u00edm poutn\u00edk\u016fm nab\u00edz\u00ed vskutku nev\u00eddanou kompozici s klenoty ji\u017en\u00edho hv\u011bzdn\u00e9ho nebe, kter\u00e9 i p\u0159es \u010detn\u00e9 p\u0159ejezdy siln\u00fdmi reflektory z\u00e1\u0159\u00edc\u00edch kamion\u016f na nedalek\u00e9 d\u00e1lnici vskutku stoj\u00ed za to a nejednoho tak nut\u00ed se zam\u00fd\u0161let. Ve\u0159\u00edc\u00ed o Bohu. Nev\u011b\u0159\u00edc\u00ed o sv\u00e9m m\u00edst\u011b ve vesm\u00edru. Filosofy o sv\u00e9 vlastn\u00ed existenci. Sn\u00edlky o \u00fapln\u011b jin\u00e9m rozm\u011bru sn\u011bn\u00ed. Z d\u00e1lky jako kdyby m\u00e1vala, z bl\u00edzka jej\u00ed lehce ohnut\u00e9 prsty jakoby \u010dekaly na p\u0159ist\u00e1n\u00ed mot\u00fdla. Pokud jste p\u0159\u00edmo pod n\u00ed, natahuje se ke hv\u011bzd\u00e1m, chce m\u00edt (a vlastn\u011b m\u00e1) nebe a vesm\u00edr na dosah.
\nMnoho fotograf\u016f u\u017e tenhle socha\u0159sk\u00fd unik\u00e1t s hv\u011bzdami zv\u011b\u010dnilo. B\u00fdt v tom origin\u00e1ln\u00ed tedy u\u017e nijak nemohu. P\u0159esto jsem se pokusil o mal\u00e9 vizu\u00e1ln\u00ed poselstv\u00ed. Na m\u00e9m z\u00e1b\u011bru, kter\u00fd jsem po\u0159\u00eddil letos 23. dubna, se ruka natahuje ne k jedn\u00e9, ale hned t\u0159ema galaxi\u00edm. Vlevo dole je Mal\u00e9 Magellanovo mra\u010dno, le\u017e\u00edc\u00ed od n\u00e1s asi 200 tis\u00edc sv\u011bteln\u00fdch let a \u010d\u00edtaj\u00edc\u00ed na 3 miliardy hv\u011bzd. Prsty ruky se sna\u017e\u00ed nat\u00e1hnout k robustn\u011bj\u0161\u00edmu Velk\u00e9mu Magellanov\u011b mra\u010dnu, kter\u00e9 pat\u0159\u00ed mezi nejkr\u00e1sn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed nebesk\u00e9 klenoty v\u016fbec. Tato nepravideln\u00e1 galaxie obsahuje desetkr\u00e1t v\u00edce hv\u011bzd a tak\u00e9 je bl\u00ed\u017e – asi 158 tis\u00edc sv\u011bteln\u00fdch rok\u016f. Ob\u011b jsou p\u0159itom gravita\u010dn\u011b v\u00e1z\u00e1ny jako psi na vod\u00edtku k na\u0161\u00ed Galaxii, kterou na nebi – i na sn\u00edmku naho\u0159e – vid\u00edme jako Ml\u00e9\u010dnou dr\u00e1hu. Ta obsahuje na 200 miliard hv\u011bzd v\u010detn\u011b na\u0161eho Slunce. \u010cerven\u00e9 skvrny jsou oblasti z\u00e1\u0159\u00edc\u00edho vod\u00edku, jednoho ze stavebn\u00edch kamen\u016f vesm\u00edru. D\u00e1v\u00e1 vzniknout hv\u011bzd\u00e1m, ale i planet\u00e1m a s dal\u0161\u00edmi stavebn\u00edmi kameny nakonec i atmosf\u00e9r\u00e1m na planet\u00e1ch a samoz\u0159ejm\u011b i \u017eivotu.<\/p>\n

Americk\u00fd astronom Frank Drake (1930-2022) se p\u0159itom v 60. letech minul\u00e9ho stolet\u00ed zasadil o pravd\u011bpodobnostn\u00ed rovnici, kter\u00e1 n\u00e1m m\u011bla \u0159\u00edct, kolik inteligentn\u00edch civilizac\u00ed le\u017e\u00ed pouze v na\u0161\u00ed Galaxii. Inteligenc\u00ed je zde my\u0161lena schopnost vys\u00edlat, ale tak\u00e9 p\u0159ij\u00edmat a vyhodnocovat sign\u00e1ly od jin\u00fdch civilizac\u00ed. Jeho v\u00fdsledek byl ponur\u00fd – z 200 miliard hv\u011bzd ob\u00fdv\u00e1 pouze 10 planet z inteligentn\u00edm \u017eivotem. Kdy\u017e ale kosmick\u00fd dalekohled Kepler mezi lety 2009 a 2019 prozkoumal v\u00edce ne\u017e 100 tis\u00edc hv\u011bzd v souhv\u011bzd\u00ed Labut\u011b a souhv\u011bzd\u00ed Lyry, jen v t\u00e9to nebesk\u00e9 z\u00f3n\u011b potvrdil existenci 2778 extrasol\u00e1rn\u00edch planet (z toho nejm\u00e9n\u011b 7 kandid\u00e1t\u016f na planety podobn\u00e9 Zemi), Drakeova rovnice vypustila mnohem optimisti\u010dt\u011bj\u0161\u00ed v\u00fdsledek: V na\u0161\u00ed Galaxii musej\u00ed b\u00fdt a\u017e miliony inteligentn\u00edch civilizac\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Samoz\u0159ejm\u011b nab\u00edz\u00ed se ot\u00e1zka: Pro\u010d n\u00e1s je\u0161t\u011b nekontaktovaly? Pesimi\u010dti\u010dt\u00ed z\u00e1stupci lidstva holduj\u00edc\u00ed sci-fi automaticky odpov\u00eddaj\u00ed, \u017ee s n\u00e1mi necht\u011bj\u00ed m\u00edt nic spole\u010dn\u00e9. D\u016fvod je ale mnohem prost\u0161\u00ed. Vzd\u00e1lenosti mezi jednotliv\u00fdmi potenci\u00e1ln\u00edmi inteligenc\u00ed ob\u00fdvan\u00fdmi planetami se po\u010d\u00edtaj\u00ed ve stovk\u00e1ch i tis\u00edcovk\u00e1ch sv\u011bteln\u00fdch let, sign\u00e1ly tedy putuj\u00ed mnohem d\u00e9le, ne\u017e trv\u00e1 doba technick\u00e9 zdatnosti pozem\u0161\u0165an\u016f. I nap\u0159\u00ed\u010d n\u011bkolika des\u00edtek lidsk\u00fdch generac\u00ed. Klidn\u011b tedy mohl sign\u00e1l prolet\u011bt t\u0159eba p\u0159ed 2000 lety, ale tady v t\u00e9 dob\u011b nikdo p\u0159ij\u00edma\u010dem do nebe nem\u00e1val. A klidn\u011b m\u016f\u017ee dorazit dal\u0161\u00ed za m\u00e9n\u011b jak tis\u00edcilet\u00ed – z pohledu v\u011bku vesm\u00edru za dobu jen mrknut\u00ed oka \u010d\u00ed m\u00e1vnut\u00ed k\u0159\u00eddel mot\u00fdla – ale na Zemi se civilizace… no, t\u011bch p\u00e1r te\u010dek si zase dopl\u0148te sami.<\/p>\n

A to jsme jen v na\u0161\u00ed Galaxii. Nen\u00ed vylou\u010deno, \u017ee civilizaci m\u016f\u017eeme vyhled\u00e1vat i v Magellanov\u00fdch mra\u010dnech. V\u0161echny t\u0159i galaxie na sn\u00edmku jsou tedy potenci\u00e1ln\u00edm domovem dal\u0161\u00edch civilizac\u00ed jako ta na\u0161e. Probl\u00e9m na\u0161\u00ed civilizace v takov\u00e9m sm\u00fd\u0161len\u00ed je ale ten, \u017ee m\u00e1me na porovn\u00e1n\u00ed jen jeden vzorek, tedy n\u00e1s. Pouze n\u00e1s. Kdy\u017e tedy sm\u00fd\u0161l\u00edme o existenci jin\u00e9ho \u017eivota ve vesm\u00edru, p\u0159ipou\u0161t\u00edme jeho inteligenci, okam\u017eit\u011b do n\u00ed prom\u00edt\u00e1me na\u0161e touhy, schopnosti, neduhy, na\u0161e chyby (mnohdy ty civiliza\u010dn\u011b nejfat\u00e1ln\u011bj\u0161\u00ed). Tak\u017ee automaticky sl\u00fdch\u00e1me o extr\u00e9mech: Jestli tam n\u011bkde civilizace je, u\u017e se zni\u010dila (proto\u017ee my k tomu m\u00e1me bl\u00edzko). Jestli tam n\u011bkde je, nezaj\u00edm\u00e1me je (proto\u017ee my se vlastn\u011b taky kolektivn\u011b a\u017e tak nezaj\u00edm\u00e1me). Jestli tam n\u011bkde je, vy\u010derpali z\u00e1soby (proto\u017ee my si na\u0161\u00ed planety nev\u00e1\u017e\u00edme a i kdy\u017e ekologov\u00e9 bij\u00ed na poplach, mnoz\u00ed z n\u00e1s jen m\u00e1vaj\u00ed rukou). A tak d\u00e1le. Carl Sagan (1934-1996), v\u00fdznamn\u00fd americk\u00fd astronom, spoluzakladatel projektu SETI, se prakticky cel\u00fd \u017eivot zab\u00fdval t\u00edm, jak\u00e9 ingredience vedou ke vzniku \u017eivota a jak\u00e9 z\u00e1kladn\u00ed pil\u00ed\u0159e jej dr\u017e\u00ed. A do\u0161el k z\u00e1v\u011bru, \u017ee lidstvo je na prahu vlastn\u00edho rozhodnut\u00ed, \u010di chce pokra\u010dovat d\u00e1l do temnoty sv\u00e9 existence, anebo vyj\u00edt vst\u0159\u00edc sv\u011btl\u00fdm z\u00edt\u0159k\u016fm se v\u0161\u00edm, co mu vesm\u00edr nab\u00edz\u00ed. \u017de ka\u017ed\u00e1 inteligentn\u00ed civilizace tenhle v\u00fdb\u011br m\u011bla a z t\u00e9 “civiliza\u010dn\u00ed puberty” se mohla dostat jen t\u00edm, \u017ee p\u0159evzala zodpov\u011bdnost za sv\u00e9 \u010diny a stala se civilizac\u00ed nejen vysp\u011blou, ale tak\u00e9 dosp\u011blou.<\/p>\n

A tyhle civilizace tam nejsp\u00ed\u0161 jsou. Daleko. Mohli bychom se od nich u\u010dit. Mohli bychom dok\u00e1zat tolik v\u011bc\u00ed. Je\u0161t\u011b tolik \u00fa\u017easn\u00fdch v\u011bc\u00ed. A pr\u00e1v\u011b to jsem vid\u011bl v t\u00e9 ruce, kter\u00e1 z kamenn\u00e9 pokryteck\u00e9 du\u0161e sou\u010dasn\u00e9ho lidsk\u00e9ho pokolen\u00ed s\u00e1pe vzh\u016fru po nad\u011bji. Po lep\u0161\u00edch z\u00edt\u0159c\u00edch. Douf\u00e1, \u017ee je\u0161t\u011b nen\u00ed pozd\u011b, proto\u017ee vesm\u00edr toho tolik nab\u00edz\u00ed a sta\u010d\u00ed jen p\u0159estat vid\u011bt a \u010dinit v\u0161e negativn\u011b. Sta\u010d\u00ed jen zdvihnout ruku ke hv\u011bzd\u00e1m, kde jsou mnoh\u00e9 odpov\u011bdi na to, co mo\u017en\u00e1 v t\u011bchto teskn\u00fdch dob\u00e1ch chceme a pot\u0159ebujeme sly\u0161et nejv\u00edce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La Mano del Desierto, Hand of the Desert, Desert Hand. A unique 11-meter reinforced concrete sculpture located about 62 km south of the Chilean city of Antofagasta, was built in 1992 by the now 85-year-old sculptor Mario Irarr\u00e1zabal Covarrubias and attracts hundreds to thousands of tourists from all over the world every day. It is…
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