PHOTOS: What is that rock?

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PHOTOS: What is that rock?

"Rockspinner" , a 22,500 pound boulder, by Artist Zachary Coffin from Atlanta is set up at 10th Avenue and Peachtree Street.

Coffin originally formed the piece for Burning Man, a cultural, annual art event held in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

The Midtown Alliance contacted Atlanta Artist Zachary Coffin to express interest in his piece and was awarded a three-year lease for the piece. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

There’s a new piece of art on Peachtree Street, and it weighs 22,500 pounds. Rockspinner, a boulder found in the Nevada mountains 12 years ago, now rests on a spinning base at the intersection of Peachtree and 10th Street. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Coffin also has art works at the Lindbergh MARTA station, Cleopas Park and another similar Rockspinner near the Georgia Aquarium. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Coffin originally formed the piece for Burning Man, a cultural, annual art event held in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

The Midtown Alliance contacted Atlanta Artist Zachary Coffin to express interest in his piece and was awarded a three-year lease for the piece. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

There’s a new piece of art on Peachtree Street, and it weighs 22,500 pounds. Rockspinner, a boulder found in the Nevada mountains 12 years ago, now rests on a spinning base at the intersection of Peachtree and 10th Street. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Coffin also has art works at the Lindbergh MARTA station, Cleopas Park and another similar Rockspinner near the Georgia Aquarium. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Coffin originally formed the piece for Burning Man, a cultural, annual art event held in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

The Midtown Alliance contacted Atlanta Artist Zachary Coffin to express interest in his piece and was awarded a three-year lease for the piece. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

There’s a new piece of art on Peachtree Street, and it weighs 22,500 pounds. Rockspinner, a boulder found in the Nevada mountains 12 years ago, now rests on a spinning base at the intersection of Peachtree and 10th Street. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

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Coffin originally formed the piece for Burning Man, a cultural, annual art event held in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

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