Alien crop circles? Nope, just some spectacular snow art in New Brunswick

During the winter months, Maritimers have been hitting the snow and spending hours creating intricate, otherworldly patterns that are sometimes gone in a blink of an eye.

“I love the geometry and the amazing things with those mysterious crop circles that we see around the world,” said John Panopoulos. 

Panopoulos and his wife, Charmaigne Letourneau, moved to Cap-Pelé from Ontario. Panopoulos wanted a new environment for sculpting and Letourneau was originally from Campbellton.

In February, Panopoulos glanced outside his window and was struck by how much the snow-covered lakefront by their house looked like a canvas. 

“I thought, let’s embrace this opportunity with this lake, with snow, and let’s do