Carved in stone

The horseshoe shaped pupils of the chief at the Crazy Horse Memorial which is being carved out of the granite Thunder Mountain in the Black Hills near Custer, South Dakota, USA. (EPA)
A laser drawing of what the finished Crazy Horse Memorial will look like is projected onto the site at Thunder Mountain in the Black Hills during the laser light show near Custer, South Dakota. The massive undertaking, originally the creation and idea of Polish-American artist and sculptor Korczak Ziokowski, who started the undertaking in 1948, might be the largest sculpture in the world measuring when completed at 641 feet (195 m) wide and 563 feet (172 m) high. The head of Crazy Horse is 87 feet (27 m) high. (EPA)
A laser drawing of a cowboy and Native American is projected on the Crazy Horse Memorial at Thunder Mountain in the Black Hills during the laser light show near Custer, South Dakota, USA. (EPA)
The Crazy Horse Memorial at Thunder Mountain is lit up in the evening prior to the laser light show in the Black Hills near Custer, South Dakota, USA. The massive undertaking, originally the creation and idea of Polish-American artist and sculptor Korczak Ziokowski, who started the undertaking in 1948, might be the largest sculpture in the world measuring when completed at 641 feet (195 m) wide and 563 feet (172 m) high. The head of Crazy Horse is 87 feet (27 m) high. (EPA)
The Crazy Horse Memorial at Thunder Mountain is lit up with different colours during the laser light show in the Black Hills near Custer, South Dakota, USA. (EPA)
The Crazy Horse Memorial at Thunder Mountain is lit up with different colors and designs during the laser light show in the Black Hills near Custer, South Dakota, USA. The massive undertaking, originally the creation and idea of Polish-American artist and sculptor Korczak Ziokowski, who started the undertaking in 1948, might be the largest sculpture in the world measuring when completed at 641 feet (195 m) wide and 563 feet (172 m) high. (EPA)
A replica of Chief Crazy Horse pointing as he rides a horse shows what the Crazy Horse Memorial (background) will look like which is being carved out of the granite Thunder Mountain in the Black Hills near Custer, South Dakota, USA. (EPA)
A silhouette of a replica of Chief Crazy Horse pointing as he rides shows what the Crazy Horse Memorial (background) will look like which is being carved out of the granite Thunder Mountain in the Black Hills near Custer, South Dakota. The massive undertaking originally the creation and idea of Polish-American artist and sculptor Korczak Ziokowski who started the undertaking in 1948 might be the largest sculpture in the world measuring when completed at 641 feet (195 m) wide and 563 feet (172 m) high. (EPA)
Trucks and heavy equipment vehicles at the base of the Crazy Horse Memorial are dwarfed by the colossal sculpture that is being carved out of the granite Thunder Mountain in the Black Hills near Custer, South Dakota, USA. (EPA)
General view of the Crazy Horse Memorial that is being carved out of the granite Thunder Mountain in the Black Hills near Custer, South Dakota, USA. (EPA)
Model of the planned sculpture, left, and the Crazy Horse Memorial, background right, in the Black Hills near Custer, S.D. The memorial being carved in the likeness of Sioux warrior Crazy Horse is intended to honor all American Indians. (AP)