A flower blooms in the snow

German artist Michael Uy created this Flower of Life geometric pattern in the snow in Brandenburg. Preparations began about a week before, when Uy hammered 19 wooden posts into a field, carefully measuring the space between each post. After the snowfall, he walked near-perfect circles around all 19 pillars, using a string to keep an equal distance from the posts. The artist then used a broom to further remove the snow from his footprints and reveal the lines of the flower nearly 200ft (61m) across.
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