He and his colleagues were digging a trench in the Canadian province of Quebec, one that they planned to fill with 35 metric tons of wood, cover with clay soil, and let sit for nine years.
The two posed separately as Wood worked on the painting. The house in the background of the painting was inspired by one Wood saw in Eldon, Iowa, according to the Art Institute of Chicago's website.
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“This accidental discovery really gave a critical data point,” said Ning Zeng, a University of Maryland climate scientist whose team unearthed the ancient chunk of wood. “It’s a single ...