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Questions and more questions are raised by this anthropomorphic (i.e. human traits given to a nonhuman figure) geoglyph found in the midst of Chile's Atacama Desert. Who carved it and why nobody knows, but at 119 mts. or 390 ft, it is the longest geoglyp in the world.
Created by the ancient Nazca culture in Peru, the 2,000 year old mysterious Nasca Lines cover a 50 mile area with hundreds of geometric shapes and animal forms carved into the desert. Despite being studied for over 80 years, the geoglyphs—which were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994—are still a mystery.
Natzca lInes - Perù 20201120
The Nazca Lines are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created between 500 B.C. and 500 B.C. by people who made shallow depressions or incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving differently coloured soil exposed. There are two main phases of the Nazca lines: the Paracas phase, from 400 to 200 BC, and the Nazca phase, from 200 BC to 500 BC. In the years leading up to 2020, between 80 and 100 new figures were found through the use of drones, and archaeologists believe there are still more.
Most of the lines run straight across the landscape, but there are also figurative drawings of animals and plants. The individual figurative geoglyphs measure between 400 and 1,100 meters. The total length of all lines is over 1,300 km and the group covers an area of about 50 km2. The lines are generally 10 to 15 cm (4-6 in) deep. They were created by removing the top layer of reddish-brown iron oxide-coated pebbles to reveal a greyish yellow subsoil. The width of the lines varies widely, but more than half are just over 33 cm. In some places, they may be only 30 cm wide, while in others they reach 1.8 m in width.
The Nazca Lines are a series of large ancient geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert, in southern Peru. The largest figures are up to 1,200 ft (370 m) long. They were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
This figure is known as Astronauta/Astronaut. It's 38.21x16.35 m.
Edit kindly by Armin.
The cessna flight made me very motion sickness, but managed to get some pics :)
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My trip is facing some problems. An earthquake badly destroyed a part of the only road to Arequipa (a 10-hour trip from Nazca). Will take days to repair it. Have to get back to Lima and fly from there - the hassles of travelling in the fire belt when you're unlucky :) I loose 2 days and have to cut my iternary somewhere.
I also need to visit a camera store in Arequipa, my lovely Sirui carbon has been lost.
The Ballestas Islands - wildlife 20221119
The Ballestas Islands are a small group of islands off the coast of Peru. They are accessible by boat from the town of Paracas (near Pisco). They are located just outside of the Paracas National Reserve – a protected area of salt desert on the edge of the South Pacific ocean. The islands are an important habitat for a range of sea birds including Humboldt penguins and Inca terns. They also support marine mammals such as sea lions. On the way to the islands a mysterious ancient geoglyph – the Candelabra – can be seen carved into the cliffs.
The Candelabra of the Andes is a geoglyph carved on a desert hill by the enigmatic Nazca people some two thousand years ago in Pisco Bay, Peru, It may represent a tree cactus, but nobody really knows. The figure is 595 feet (181 meters) tall. I took this shot as we were sailing away.
The famous Candelabra of the Andes can be discovered from the sea when sailing to the Ballestas Islands from Paracas.
This mysterious geoglyph is 595 feet long and can be seen from as far as 12 miles out to sea.
It is etched into the ground to a depth of around 2 feet, and outlined by stones which may have been placed at a later date.
It's meaning is unknown.
The date of construction of this geoglyph is unknown. Potteries found near the figure have been carbondated at 200 BC and were assigned to the Paracas Culture.
The Paracas was a pre-Columbian tribe that preceded the Nazcas in the region in the first millennium before the Christian era until about 200 AD.
But the Candelabra of the Andes is maybe even older !
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Le Chandelier des Andes
Le célèbre Chandelier des Andes se découvre à partir de la mer lorsqu'on navigue vers les Iles Ballestas depuis Paracas.
Ce géoglyphe mystérieux mesure environ 180 m de long et peut être observé de la mer à une distance allant jusqu'à 20 km . Il est gravé dans le sol sur une profondeur d'environ 50 cm et est délimité par des pierres qui peuvent avoir été placées à une date ultérieure.
Sa signification est inconnue.
La date de construction de ce géoglyphe est inconnue. Des poteries trouvées à proximité du site ont été datées au carbone 14 à environ 200 av JC. Elles ont été attribuées à la culture Paracas. Les Pararas était une tribu précolombienne qui a précédé les Nazcas dans la région au premier millénaire avant l'ére chrétienne jusqu'à environ l'an 200 Ap JC.
Mais le Chandelier des Andes est peut-être encore plus ancien !
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Paracas - Pérou /Peru
Paracas is a town on Peru's west coast. It's known for beaches, like El Chaco, set on sheltered Paracas Bay. The town is a launch point for the uninhabited Ballestas Islands, home to sea lions, pelicans and Humboldt penguins. Rugged, wildlife-rich Paracas National Reserve spans desert, ocean, islands and the Paracas Peninsula. The peninsula’s Paracas Candelabra is a huge prehistoric geoglyph, etched into a hillside. One of the most spectaculars places in South America for a Peaceful Travel Tuesday.
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The best way to observe the geoglyphs of Nazca is by plane.
We can see here 3 figures: hands, a tree, and a lizard, unfortunately cut in 2 by the Pan-American road that crosses the site.
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Vue aérienne sur le site de Nazca
La meilleure façon d'observer les géoglyphes de Nazca est en avion.
On peut apercevoir ici 3 figures : des mains, un arbre, et un lézard, malheureusement coupé en 2 par la route Pananméricaine qui traverse le site.
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Nazca - Pérou /Peru
Stone with Paracas motif embodied in it. (The Paracas Candelabra, also called the Candelabra of the Andes, is a well-known prehistoric geoglyph found on the northern face of the Paracas Peninsula at Pisco Bay in Peru)
These earrings were made after one of the geoglyphs discovered in the Nazca Desert in Peru, the hummingbird. I read about them, such an intriguing story.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_Lines
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The condor is one of the most spectacular geoglyphs on the Nazca site.
The Nazca Geoglyphs (or Nazca Lines) are large figures drawn on the ground, often stylized animals, sometimes mere lines several miles long, visible in the Nazca desert in southern Peru.
These geoglyphs were made by the Nazcas, a pre-Inca civilization that flourished between 300 BC AD and 800 AD. There are more than 800 geoglyphs registered.
The ground on which these geoglyphs are outlined is covered with pebbles that iron oxide stains red.
By removing them, the Nazcas brought out a grayish gypsum soil, thus cutting out the outlines of the figures they were tracing.
Several theories have been put forth to explain the existence of these geoglyphs.
Notably, the German mathematician Maria Reiche, who devoted most of her life to archaeological study and preservation of the site, claimed that these geoglyphs would form a huge astronomical calendar.
According to another theory, the geoglyphs represented places of worship and places of activity where the Nazcas walked during ritual processions.
In the trapeziums, the whole space was a processional space. In the linear figures, the Nazcas returned and followed the line to the exit at the other end.
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Le condor de Nazca
Le condor est un des géoglyphes les plus spectaculaires du site de Nazca.
Les géoglyphes de Nazca (ou lignes de Nazca), sont de grandes figures tracées sur le sol, souvent d'animaux stylisés, parfois de simples lignes longues de plusieurs kilomètres, visibles dans le désert de Nazca, dans le sud du Pérou.
Ces géoglyphes ont été réalisés par les Nazcas, une civilisation pré-inca qui se développa entre 300 av. J.-C. et 800 de notre ère. On en a recensé plus de 800.
Le sol sur lequel se dessinent ces géoglyphes est couvert de cailloux que l'oxyde de fer colore en rouge.
En les ôtant, les Nazcas ont fait apparaître un sol gypseux grisâtre, découpant ainsi les contours des figures qu'ils traçaient.
Plusieurs théories ont été émises pour expliquer l'existence de ces géoglyphes.
Notamment, la mathématicienne allemande Maria Reiche, qui a consacré la majeure partie de sa vie à l'étude archéologique et à la préservation du site, prétendait que ces géoglyphes formeraient un immense calendrier astronomique.
Selon une autre théorie, les géoglyphes représentaient des espaces cultuels et des lieux d'activité où les Nazcas marchaient, lors de processions rituelles.
Dans les trapèzes, l'ensemble de l'espace était un espace de procession. Dans les figures linéaires, les Nazcas rentraient et suivaient la ligne jusqu'à la sortie à l'autre extrémité.
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Nazca - Pérou /Peru
Paracas Candelabra 20221119
The Paracas Candelabra, also called the Candelabra of the Andes, is a well-known prehistoric geoglyph found on the northern face of the Paracas Peninsula at Pisco Bay in Peru.
The design is cut 0.60 m into the soil, with stones possibly from a later date placed around it. The figure is 181 meters tall, large enough to be seen 12 miles (19.3 km) at sea.
Although the exact age of the Candelabra geoglyph is unknown, archaeologists have found pottery around the site dating to around 200 BCE. This pottery likely belonged to the Paracas people. It is not known if they constructed the geoglyph.
The purpose of the Candelabra's creation is also unknown. It is thought most likely to represent the trident, a lightning rod of the god Viracocha. He was long an important figure in indigenous mythology throughout South America, both before and during the time of the Inca Empire. It has also been suggested that the Candelabra was built as a sign to sailors, as it is visible from far at sea. It may be a symbolic representation of the hallucinogenic plant called Jimsonweed.
Source: Wikipedia..
Storm clouds move away from the north nose of the Little Sheep Mountain Anticline east of Lovell Wyoming. The L on the hillside stands for Lovell High School. This is an example of hillside letters or mountain monograms that are common in the Western United States. These hillside geoglyphs usually consist of large single letters, abbreviations, or messages emblazoned on hillsides. They are typically created and maintained by schools or towns. There are approximately 500 of these geoglyphs, ranging in size from a few feet to hundreds of feet tall. They form an important part of the western cultural landscape. Just like symbols on watertowers and welcome signs these hillside letters function as symbols of school pride and civic identity.
Le Chandelier de Paracas est un géoglyphe gravé à flanc de désert sur la péninsule de Paracas au Pérou
The Nazca Lines are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed. In the years leading up to 2020, between 80 and 100 new figures had been found with the use of drones, and archaeologists believe that there are more to be found.
Most lines run straight across the landscape, but there are also figurative designs of animals and plants. The combined length of all the lines is more than 1,300 km, and the group covers an area of about 50 km2.
Some of the Nazca lines form shapes that are best seen from the air (at around 500 m, although they are also visible from the surrounding foothills and other high places. The shapes are usually made from one continuous line. The largest ones are about 370 m long.
Because of its isolation and the dry, windless, stable climate of the plateau, the lines have mostly been preserved naturally. Extremely rare changes in weather may temporarily alter the general designs. As of 2012, the lines are said to have been deteriorating because of an influx of squatters inhabiting the lands.
The figures vary in complexity. Hundreds are simple lines and geometric shapes; more than 70 are zoomorphic designs, including a hummingbird, arachnid, fish, condor, heron, monkey, lizard, dog, cat, and a human. Other shapes include trees and flowers. Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs, but in general, they ascribe religious significance to them. They were designated in 1994 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
One of the main and most devoted scholar to Nazca lines conservation was Maria Reiche. She is known for her research into the Nazca Lines, which she first saw in 1941. Known as the "Lady of the Lines", Reiche made the documentation, preservation and public dissemination of the Nazca Lines her life's work.
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strips of land in the Venice lagoon draw figures that from the sky seem mysterious geoglyphs to be discovered.
Nasca lines are known as geoglyphs – drawings on the ground made by removing rocks and earth to create a “negative” image. The rocks which cover the desert have oxidized and weathered to a deep rust color, and when the top 12-15 inches of rock is removed, a light-colored, high contrasting sand is exposed. Because there’s so little rain, wind and erosion, the exposed designs have stayed largely intact for 500 to 2000 years.
Scientists believe that the majority of lines were made by the Nasca people, who flourished from around A.D. 1 to 700.
The hummingbird measures over 300 feet in length, and is one of the most famous Nasca Geoglyphs.
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This garden of remembrance features gates with gold lettering and a memorial plinth inscribed to the dead of the 22nd Cheshire Regiment who lost their lives in World War 2.
The Memorial Garden is location in the south-east corner of the Cathedral close, between the church and the bell tower. Within the garden are many 18th/19th-century memorials. Within the garden there are two focal points – a giant cruciform geoglyph with the regimental insignia at its centre, and an altar-like memorial, a cenotaph, commemorating the Second World War dead. They are linked by a central path.
The garden has many memorials including benches commemorating local veterans’ associations of the regiment, and others bearing individual memorials. The bell tower itself has a memorial inscription, commemorating its opening.
Natzca lInes - Perù 20201120
The Nazca Lines are a collection of giant geoglyphs—designs or motifs etched into the ground—located in the Peruvian coastal plain about 250 miles (400 kilometers) south of Lima, Peru. Created by the ancient Nazca culture in South America, and depicting various plants, animals, and shapes, the 2,000-year-old Nazca Lines can only be fully appreciated when viewed from the air given their massive size. Despite being studied for over 80 years, the geoglyphs—which were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994—are still a mystery to researchers.
Paracas Peninsula 20221119
The Paracas Peninsula is a desert peninsula within the boundaries of the Paracas National Reserve, a marine reserve that extends south along the coast of Peru. The only marine reserve in the country, it is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The peninsula is located within the Paracas District of Pisco Province in the Ica Region, on the south coast of Peru. This unusual peninsula may be best known for the Paracas Candelabra, a prehistoric geoglyph nearly 183 m tall that was created on the north face of the peninsula ridge.
The Paracas Candelabra, also called the Candelabra of the Andes, is a well-known prehistoric geoglyph found on the northern face of the Paracas Peninsula at Pisco Bay in Peru. Pottery found nearby has been radio carbon dated to 200 BCE, the time of the Paracas culture. The design is cut two feet (0.61 m) into the soil, with stones possibly from a later date placed around it. The figure is 600 feet (180 meters) tall, large enough to be seen 12 miles (19.3 km) at sea. In 2016, it was designated as a national heritage site by Peru, with Peruvian law dictating a jail term of between three and six years for anyone damaging any archaeological monument. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracas_Candelabra
A beautiful archaeological monument for a Peaceful Travel Tuesday!
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The Nazca Lines are more than 1500 gigantic shadow images (geoglyphs) in the desert near Nazca and Palpa in Peru, which are best seen and recognized from the air.
The Paracas and Nazca cultures are considered to be the originators of the lines.
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Heute keine Chance zu fliegen ??
Die Nazca-Linien sind mehr als 1500 gigantische Schattenbilder (Geoglyphen) in der Wüste bei Nazca und Palpa in Peru, die am besten aus der Luft zu sehen und zu erkennen sind.
Die Paracas- und Nazca-Kulturen gelten als die Urheber der Linien.
A 180 m high + more than 70 m wide ground drawing in the fossilized sandy soil in the form of a candelabra cactus.
It can be seen 20 km away.
Probably created around 200 BC.
However, the exact function of the giant geoglyph is still a mystery today. There are speculations about its creation by extraterrestrial intelligence...
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Eine 180 m hohe + mehr als 70 m breite Bodenzeichnung im versteinerten Sandboden in Form eines Kandelaberkaktus.
Er ist in 20 km Entfernung zu sehen.
Wahrscheinlich ungefähr 200 v. Chr. entstanden.
Die genaue Funktion der riesige Geoglyphe, des Scharrbilds ist jedoch bis heute ein Rätsel. Es gibt Spekulationen wie die Schöpfung durch extraterrestrische Intelligenz...
A 180 m high + more than 70 m wide ground drawing in the fossilized sandy soil in the form of a candelabra cactus.
It can be seen 20 km away.
Probably created around 200 BC.
However, the exact function of the giant geoglyph is still a mystery today. There are speculations about its creation by extraterrestrial intelligence...
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Eine 180 m hohe + mehr als 70 m breite Bodenzeichnung im versteinerten Sandboden in Form eines Kandelaberkaktus.
Er ist in 20 km Entfernung zu sehen.
Wahrscheinlich ungefähr 200 v. Chr. entstanden.
Die genaue Funktion der riesige Geoglyphe, des Scharrbilds ist jedoch bis heute ein Rätsel. Es gibt Spekulationen wie die Schöpfung durch extraterrestrische Intelligenz...
A 180 m high + more than 70 m wide ground drawing in the fossilized sandy soil in the form of a candelabra cactus.
It can be seen 20 km away.
Probably created around 200 BC.
However, the exact function of the giant geoglyph is still a mystery today. There are speculations about its creation by extraterrestrial intelligence...
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Eine 180 m hohe + mehr als 70 m breite Bodenzeichnung im versteinerten Sandboden in Form eines Kandelaberkaktus.
Er ist noch in 20 km Entfernung zu sehen.
Wahrscheinlich ungefähr 200 v. Chr. entstanden.
Die genaue Funktion der riesige Geoglyphe, des Scharrbilds ist jedoch bis heute ein Rätsel. Es gibt Spekulationen wie die Schöpfung durch extraterrestrische Intelligenz...
But no chance of flying today??
The Nazca Lines are more than 1500 gigantic shadow images (geoglyphs) in the desert near Nazca and Palpa in Peru, which are best seen and recognized from the air.
The Paracas and Nazca cultures are considered to be the originators of the lines.
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Aber heute keine Chance zu fliegen ??
Die Nazca-Linien sind mehr als 1500 gigantische Schattenbilder (Geoglyphen) in der Wüste bei Nazca und Palpa in Peru, die am besten aus der Luft zu sehen und zu erkennen sind.
Die Paracas- und Nazca-Kulturen gelten als die Urheber der Linien.
Dieses Luftbild zeigt einen weiten Blick über die Nazca-Wüste in Peru, wo die berühmten Nazca-Linien zu sehen sind. Im Vordergrund ist deutlich das Geoglyph des Baumes zu erkennen, eine komplexe Figur, die in den rötlich-braunen Wüstenboden geritzt wurde. Im Hintergrund erstrecken sich weitere, meist geometrische Linien und trapezförmige Figuren über die weite, flache Landschaft bis zum Horizont. Der Himmel ist strahlend blau mit einigen dünnen, weissen Wolkenstreifen. Am unteren Bildrand sind Teile der Panamericana und ein Aussichtsturm oder eine Plattform zu erkennen, von der aus diese Aufnahme gemacht wurde. Die Szene vermittelt die immense Grösse und das Geheimnis dieser antiken Geoglyphen.
Découverts en 1927 dans le sud du Pérou, les géoglyphes de Nazca (ou Nasca) sont de grandes figures tracées sur le sol (géoglyphes), souvent d'animaux stylisés, parfois de simples lignes longues de plusieurs kilomètres, qui se trouvent dans le désert de Nazca.
Diese Luftaufnahme zeigt einen Teil der berühmten Nazca-Linien in der Nazca-Wüste in Peru. Im Zentrum des Bildes ist der gut erkennbare Geoglyph des Kolibris zu sehen, der durch seine geschwungenen Linien und die charakteristischen Augen-Kreise auffällt. Um den Kolibri herum und im Hintergrund sind weitere, meist geometrische Geoglyphen wie lange, rechteckige oder trapezförmige Felder und gerade Linien erkennbar, die sich über die karge, sandige Landschaft erstrecken. Die Linien sind in den hellbraunen bis grauen Wüstenboden eingegraben und heben sich deutlich ab. Die Aufnahme wurde aus grosser Höhe gemacht, was die Weitläufigkeit und den Massstab der Geoglyphen verdeutlicht. Der Himmel ist nicht sichtbar, der Fokus liegt ausschliesslich auf der Bodenformation.
Cherhill, Wiltshire, England, UK
An occasional, if rather peculiar, sight in the English shires is the hill figure. These large-scale visual representations are cut into hillsides to reveal contrasting bedrock, usually chalk, which is visible from above or far away. The preponderance of such geoglyphs – some ancient, others less so – are in the area formerly known as Wessex and take the form of either human or horse figures. This photograph was shot in a late spring afterglow and shows the Cherhill White Horse, first cut in 1780 and in need of some grooming.
The Nazca Lines are more than 1500 gigantic shaded images (geoglyphs) in the desert near Nazca and Palpa in Peru, which are best visible and recognizable from the air.
The Paracas and Nazca cultures are considered to be the originators of the lines.
Las líneas de Nazca, con más de 2.000 años de antigüedad, han impresionado a historiadores, científicos y arqueólogos por cientos de años. De hecho, incluso hoy no hay un acuerdo sobre cómo o por qué fueron creadas. Se cree estos geoglifos fueron creados por la cultura Nazca con un propósito religioso o astronómico, pero aún no hay respuestas conclusivas. El tamaño de las Líneas de Nazca van desde los 50 m hasta los 370 m. La Torre Mirador de las Líneas de Nazca es lo suficientemente alta como para observar tres figuras: el árbol, las manos y la lagartija.
The Nazca Lines, more than 2,000 years old, have impressed historians, scientists and archaeologists for hundreds of years. In fact, even today there is no agreement on how or why they were created. It is believed these geoglyphs were created by the Nazca culture with a religious or astronomical purpose, but there are still no conclusive answers. The size of the Nazca Lines range from 50 m to 370 m. The Nazca Lines View Tower is high enough to observe three figures: the tree, the hands and the lizard.
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A crop circle, crop formation, or corn circle is a pattern created by flattening a crop usually a cereal. The term was first coined in the early 1980s. Although obscure natural causes or alien origins of crop circles have been suggested by fringe theorists, there is no scientific evidence for such explanations, and all crop circles are consistent with human-made items (although with the more elaborate ones, its not always possible to see how!)
Although such formations have appeared worldwide, south-west England is considered without doubt to be the “world capital” of crop circles. They are particularly concentrated in the county of Wiltshire, where a treasure trove of ancient history includes the Neolithic sites of Stonehenge and Avebury – both crop circle hotspots. There have been 380 crop circles recorded in the county alone since 2005
Carving artwork into the landscape is an age-old tradition in these parts; chalk horses adorn eight hillsides in Wiltshire; while the UK's oldest geoglyph, the stunning Bronze Age Uffington White Horse, sits just across the border in Oxfordshire.
Reports of mysterious patterns appearing in wheat, barley and corn fields in the area began to circulate in the 1970s, but it was in the late '80s that the phenomenon exploded.
Rencontrée à Festiv'arts l'an dernier, une artiste peintre et illustratrice dont j'aime la technique et la sensibilité.
Un grand sens du partage, un vrai don de soi et une joie de vivre et de créer communicative.
Alors envie de lui rendre hommage.
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Actuellement, certains dessins d'elle et d'un autre artiste, Thierry Fresneau, épousent les flancs de nos montagnes...
Ca s'appelle géoglyphe, c'est éphémère, juste le résultat d'un fauchage de fougères à flanc de montagne...Mais ça raconte bien les animations et les spectacles de pastorales qui ont lieu chaque été en vallée d'Aspe.
The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert of Peru. They have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The high, arid plateau stretches more than 80 kilometres (50 mi) between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana. Although some local geoglyphs resemble Paracas motifs, scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 200 BCE and 700 CE. The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks or orcas, llamas, and lizards.
The lines are shallow designs made in the ground by removing the ubiquitous reddish pebbles and uncovering the whitish ground beneath. Hundreds are simple lines or geometric shapes; more than seventy are designs of animal, bird, fish or human figures. The largest figures are over 200 metres (660 ft) across. Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs, but they generally ascribe religious significance to them, as they were major works that required vision, planning and coordination of people to achieve.
The geometric ones could indicate the flow of water or be connected to rituals to summon water. The spiders, birds, and plants could be fertility symbols. Other possible explanations include: irrigation schemes or giant astronomical calendars.
Due to the dry, windless and stable climate of the plateau and its isolation, for the most part the lines have been preserved. Extremely rare changes in weather may temporarily alter the general designs.
"The Hummingbird"
The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Although some local geoglyphs resemble Paracas motifs, scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D.
The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines or geometric shapes to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks, orcas, and lizards. The designs are shallow lines made in the ground by removing the reddish pebbles and uncovering the whitish/grayish ground beneath.