Geometric snow sheets

Like great sheets of paper littering the roof of MAC Hall, the snow and ice atop the wintergarden atrium made some interesting patterns this morning (Monday, March 3) for University photographer Eric Miller. The atrium's photovoltaic ceiling panels permit some daylight to pass through, but also capture some of the solar power to generate electricity. That underlying grid system melted the sheets of icy snow in such a way as to create the geometric art sliding from the roof.