Overview
- A vast portrait honoring Sir David Attenborough appeared on Morecambe’s South Beach just before his 100th birthday.
- Lancashire Telegraph later identified the land art collective Sand In Your Eye as the authors after early reports left the artist unknown.
- The image pairs Attenborough’s face with the line, “We often talk of saving the planet, but the truth is that we must do these things to save ourselves,” and it is only clear from the air.
- The team raked wet sand across roughly 80 metres by 56 metres to create shading that reads like a hand-drawn illustration and planned for the tide to erase it.
- Local resident Andy Creer captured drone images that spread on social media and drew visitors to the seafront for a brief look before the sea returned.