The Nazca Lines
"The Nazca Lines, giant drawings in a desert in the south
of Peru, were created by the Nazca people between A.D. 0
and A.D. 600. The lines cover such a wide area that they
are only properly visible from the air. A variety of
animals are represented: a 600-foot (180-meter) lizard, a
300-foot (90-meter) monkey with a tightly curled tail, and
a condor with a 400-foot (120-meter) wingspan. The picture
below shows the hummingbird. They were created by removing
the top layer of earth to reveal the lighter colored dust
beneath. Other designs include triangles, rectangles, or
straight lines that run across the desert sometimes for
more than a mile. There are several dozen different figures".
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