What is it Wednesday archive: October 24, 2018

 

Can you identify what's in this photo?

 

 

Each Wednesday morning 

on Camp Lutherlyn's Facebook page

 the Lutherlyn Environmental Education Program posts a photo. 

 

 

Readers have all morning and afternoon 

to make their best guess about what the photo is. 

 

Around 6 pm LEEP provides the answer and a brief explanation.

 

 

Each week's What is it Wednesday post 

will also be posted on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog, 

 after it is posted on Facebook,

sometimes with additional bonus information. 

 

In addition to bringing you current editions of What is it Wednesday 

on the Nature of Lutherlyn blog, 

we will be reposting old editions,

creating a What is it Wednesday archive. 

 

This photo was posted as a What is it Wednesday on

October 24, 2018. 

 

 

 

And the answer is....

 

 

This stunning array of leaves didn’t arrive at the base of this tree in this pattern on their own – they were placed there, as part of a nature art project inspired by artist Andy Goldsworthy.  

In 2018 and 2019, students from the Falk Lab School at the University of Pittsburgh spent three days at Lutherlyn, engaging in a wide range of field work in art, math, science, and writing. October, as the leaves at Lutherlyn are beginning to reach their peak of color, seemed like a perfect time to highlight this beautiful display of fall leaves from the past. 

Like and follow Camp Lutherlyn on Facebook, to see What is it Wednesday posts when they come out and have the opportunity to share your guesses in the comments!