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World's Largest Artwork Stretches 9 Square Miles in the Heart of Icy Siberia

Aug 17, 2010 10:00 AM

Artist Jim Denevan works on a massive scale. He's "painted" the northern beaches of California, and etched away at the Nevada desert.

His most recent project, however, tops his past works in terms of enormity. The Siberia piece presents beautiful geometric aerial patterns, carved into Denevan's latest canvas: the snow-blanketed frozen surface of Siberia's Lake Baikal. The work is ephemeral, subject to the Earth's elements.

The result is breathtaking.

Person standing on ice with visible cracks and patterns underneath.

Aerial view of a snowy landscape with ice and water patterns.

A lone figure standing on a snowy landscape at sunset.

Aerial view of circular irrigation patterns in a snowy landscape.

Person riding a bicycle on a snowy landscape.

Aerial view of two people walking on a snowy landscape featuring concentric circle patterns.

Four individuals walking through a snowy landscape with a sun low in the sky.

Aerial view of intricate patterns in a snowy landscape.

A lone figure with a camera stands on snowy terrain, while a vehicle is parked in the distance under a hazy sky.

Aerial view of circular patterns in snow and ice.

Aerial view of a snow-covered landscape with textured patterns in the ice.

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