Nazca Lines #2
by David Nunuk/science Photo Library
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Nazca Lines #2
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David Nunuk/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Nazca lines. Aerial photograph of geoglyphs, or landscape drawings, in the coastal desert of southern Peru. One represents a condor (lower frame). At centre right is part of the Great Plaza of the Pleiades, so-called from astronomical theories that the builders orientated it with the Pleiades star cluster. Many of the geoglyphs take the form of stylised animals and other, unknown objects. They cover huge areas and can only be properly seen from the air. They were made by removing the dark surface stone to reveal a lighter stone layer underneath. They are thought to have been made by the Nazca, a native South American people, around 2000 years ago.
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October 4th, 2018
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