Ethyl the Whale largest recycled plastic sculpture in Santa Fe New Mexico

There she blows, the largest recycled plastic sculpture in the world!

Santa Fe has a whale!

We went up to Santa Fe, New Mexico to see a Guinness Book of World Records setting whale! How is that possible with Santa Fe not only being landlocked, but also mountainous? Well, it is a whale made of recycled plastic on the campus of Santa Fe Community College. Regular readers of Jason Collin Photography will note how many times Atlas Obscura sites are featured in my photo stories, and thanks again to that site (and for Jessica finding it), we had a whale of an adventure hundreds of miles from the ocean. See the photos below to learn what makes Ethyl the Whale so special. Want to visit this site yourself? Check out the map at the end of the photo story.


Eye of Ethyl the recycled whale


Guinness Book of World Records holder Ethyl the Whale


Whale tail and details of Ethyl in Santa Fe


Check out Ethyl the Whale yourself in Santa Fe, New Mexico