Introduction
Nazca Lines are the
most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world. Etched in the surface of the desert pampa sand about 300 hundred
figures made of straight lines, geometric shapes and pictures of
animals and birds - and their patterns are only clearly visible from
the air.
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longitude: -75.18786894045414, latitude:
-14.72050199914096
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There are three mysterious aspects to Nazca Plateau
Satellite image of the Nazca Plateau
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First, the straight lines, many kilometers long,
crisscross sectors of the pampas in all directions (as shown on
images above). Many of the
lines appear to be random and seem to have no pattern to them.
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Second, many of the lines form geometric figures:
angles, triangles, bunches, spirals, rectangles, wavy lines, etc.
Other lines form concentric circles converging with or emanating
from a promontory. Other prints have formed "roads" like
geometric planes and appear to have been occupied by large groups of
the population.
Could these geoglyphs
be effigies of ancient animal gods or patterns of constellations? Are they
roads, star pointers, maybe even a gigantic map? If the people who lived here
2,000 years ago had only a simple technology, how did they manage to construct
such precise figures? Did they have a plan? If so, who ordained it? It all seems
so otherworldly. To comprehend the Nasca lines, created by the removal of desert
rock to reveal the pale pink sand beneath, visitors have proposed every
imaginable explanation - from runways for spaceships to tracks for Olympic
athletes, from op art to pop art, to astronomical observatories.
It is believed that the geoglyphs were built by a people called the Nasca- but why and
how they created these wonders of the world has defied explanation.
As much as the
lines awe us, we marvel equally at the imagination of the people who have sought
explanations for them.
More about Nazca Lines:
Mysterious Nazca-like "roads" near Pisco, Peru
Another strange "road" is located near Pisco in Peru.
Satellite photo of the "Band of Holes" near
Pisco
Valley .
Note: The location of the band of holes is
highlighted brown.
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This is another strange road in the Pisco region in Peru. It is
about 20m wide and goes for many miles through the desert. It is
lighter than its surroundings and marked by small craters
spread apart by approximately 200m.
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any of the images below.
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Compare Nazca lines with Area 51 desert "drawings"
The following satellite images of the regions
surrounding Area 51
are available from Google Maps [
http://maps.google.com/ ] as well as from
GoogleEarth [ http://earth.google.com
]
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How old is this Chinese landing strip on the left?
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