Mystery photo 2

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

This one is way easier: What’s this?

HINT: it is NOT a weird kind of Tartan track.

closer view:

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5 Responses to Mystery photo 2

  1. himmapaan says:
    October 20, 2012 at 1:45 am

    A pond covered in (?)duckweed. Picturesquely topped off by autumnal oak leaves.

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  2. Jaime A. Headden says:
    October 20, 2012 at 2:14 am

    My first thought was a mud slurry, but the greenness really, really offsets that as ludicrous (though there is green mud). Natee’s duckweed idea makes much better sense.

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  3. steve cohen says:
    October 20, 2012 at 8:49 pm

    The leaves look like they are on a solid surface although a small jpeg limits the sharpness of the image when enlarged.

    A painted concrete path (leading to??) in the early Fall is my guess.

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  4. Heinrich Mallison says:
    October 20, 2012 at 9:10 pm

    and himmapaan is right on: this is the pool in the outdoor enclosure of the pygm hippos at Berlin Zoo!

    yes, it looks almost as if the leaves rest on a solid surface, but that’s caused by them resting on the duckweed!

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