The actual explosion, however, does not occur in Utah but in Zacatecas (Mexico), where the artists built artificial counterparts. In a very detail-oriented process, five natural monuments were re-created in 1:1 scale with natural stone and cement. The explosions were staged in a controlled manner with the assistance of a local production team. The setup calls to mind ISIS propaganda videos, such as the blasting in Palmyra or the destruction of the Buddha statues in Bamiyan by the Taliban. After publishing the videos with no clear source, the event was discussed on social media channels and broadcast on US television trying to figure out whether some actual eco terrorism took place. National Park Services and the FBI started to investigate. The general image of nature as an essential, positive entity still pervades, because such a brutal act of nature-vandalism seems hard to imagine.