Nazca geoglyphs viewed from above - GIF

[Altair]

Nazca geoglyphs viewed from above.




Previously:

Peruvian Band of Holes - photo

[Frank S]

Since it is impossible to make out the full context of these graphics from ground level except some of them can be seen from the neighboring hills many have concluded they may have been made to be viewed from above. But being made around 500 BC who or what other than birds would have been able to see them that way.

[hemmjo]

It does make one wonder about all of the history that we do not know about the universe.

[Frank S]

It does make one wonder about all of the history that we do not know about the universe.

They can't even seem to keep modern history in check. every time someone blows their nose, they want to rewrite something that happened fewer that 1oo years ago because they don't like the published outcome.

[IntheGroove]

Little known fact: Humans used to fly. (don't tell anyone)...

[hemmjo]

Lots of people know about the flight of Daedalus and Icarus.

[mklotz]

I think the current interpretation is that the figures were meant to be seen by their gods and the act of creating the figures was a form of worship.

More astounding than the figures themselves is the process by which they transferred the design from their "blueprint" onto the desert surface.

[IntheGroove]

But then again it could have been some young students that got into the home brew and made off with dads chariot and did some large scale graffiti...