La Conception, Quebec, 2002

Year: 2002

11″ x 8.5″

Media: Canon® Pro Platinum High Gloss Photo Paper

Printers: Canon® PIXMA

Color

Art: Photo

Artist: Luc Paquin

Lac des Trois Montagnes, La Conception, Quebec

APEL des Trois Montagnes

We can swim in our lake, boat on it and even drink its water. The recent appearance of aquatic plants in shallow waters, such as lily pads, potamots and other species is not worrisome, but does signal the fragility of the biological balance of the lake, reminding us to remain alert for its preservation. However, attempting to remove these plants does not improve the situation.

Snow

Snow cover can protect crops from extreme cold. If snowfall stays on the ground for a series of years uninterrupted, the snowpack develops into a mass of ice called glacier. Fresh snow absorbs sound, lowering ambient noise over a landscape because the trapped air between snowflakes attenuates vibration. These acoustic qualities quickly minimize and reverse, once a layer of freezing rain falls on top of snow cover. Walking across snowfall produces a squeaking sound at low temperatures.

Luc