If you thought you saw something written across Pennesseewassee Lake earlier this week, your eyes weren’t deceiving you.

Two rows of large blue letters delivered a message of peace across the lake in Norway by a group of anonymous artists who say they want the focus to be on the message, not them.

Painted in the snow at 100 feet high and stretched out for 400 feet were the words “NO WAR.” The message was clearly visible from Lake Road, and a picture shared online set off some hostile responses, as well as support, online.

Driving the speed limit, only one or two of the letters could be made out so naturally people went to Facebook to find out more, with one person posting “wonder what the huge blue letters in snow on Norway Lake across from the rest stop say…”

The image popped up on different social media posts and continues to garner discussion.

The artists, who wished to remain anonymous, said they used 30 buckets of water mixed with blue and green food dye and carried out their work over four hours on Sunday afternoon, in broad daylight and visible from the road.

They requested their names not be used, with one saying “our preference is that attention be paid to our message, not … the messenger.”

By Tuesday night, “NO WAR” was blanketed with a fresh coat of snow.

“The idea came from dyeing the ski courses at the Winter Olympics,” one of the artists said.

Even though the weather is fading the message on Pennesseewassee Lake, the message itself may live on, the artists suggested.

“We may do something like this on another lake,” they said.