The awe of a large swatch of fallen leaves perched on pedestals of mud during her woodsy walk near Fairy Lake stopped Raven TerHorst in her tracks.
Fascinated with nature and science, the Port Renfrew resident stopped to inspect and take photos to share online.
A large muddy section of her walk was filled with the leaves which seemed to have the soil eroded away around them, leaving leaf-shaped piles like little hoodoos – the tall, thin spires of rock formed by erosion around a capstone.
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