Something truly beautiful but sadly transient due to the nature of the desert...
Remote memorials...?
Scott's cabin remains almost unchanged since he left it on his ill-fated journey to the South Pole and his marker is certainly remote... the bodies of Scott and his comrades are estimated to have moved 30 miles from their original position and (more extreme global-warming excluded) will reach the sea in about 275 years...
Gene Roddenberry is among an elite group of people to have had a portion of their remains placed in space; "Scotty" joined him in '12 and "Nurse Chapel" will join (scheduled) her husband in '14; but none (presently) more remote nor more unique that of Dr Eugene Shoemaker, who had a portion of his ashes land on the moon along with Lunar Prospector in '99...
