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There are many theories regarding the purpose of these lines. Were they built for the gods to see? Or for shamans who “flew” over them in drug induced dreams?
Or did their creators already have means to actually leave the ground, such as balloons?
In any case, from the ground there hardly is anything to see: the area is mostly flat and the figures are of a size that makes it impossible to see them whole from this perspective.
From an airplane, however, they are clearly distinguishable. There are a monkey, a spider, a colibri, even a human figure (often called the “astronaut”).
Of course, over time, erosion must have taken a toll on the lines which are believed to be more than 2000 years old.
Nazca (también Nasca) es una ciudad peruana capital, de unos 50.000 habitantes, del distrito homónimo ubicado en la provincia de Nazca en el departamento de Ica. Geográficamente se sitúa en la margen derecha del río Aja, afluente del río Grande en un estrecho valle a 520 m.s.n.m. a 439 km al sur de Lima.
Es una ciudad muy activa debido a la gran afluencia de visitantes que llegan a conocer las Líneas de Nazca y también por el desarrollo minero, agrícola y comercial de su entorno. 18-07-2010.
Espanola Island, Galapagos
This Nazca Booby chick took a quiet moment to sit for this picture. When not "posing," it was busy calling out loudly to its parents to be fed. Nazca booby chicks are fed by the parents for about two months and then they become independent and begin to care for themselves.
"The Astronaut"
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.
"The Astronaut", pictured here, is an exception because it is carved on rock.
The Nazca Booby (Sula granti) was formerly considered a subspecies of Masked Booby (S. dactylatra) but in 2002 it was recognised as a separate species, largely because they did not interbreed where they nested together on Clipperton Island. Their DNA also revealed that they had separated about half a million years ago. The two species are incredibly similar but this photograph shows the two diagnostic features of Nazca Booby; an orange tint to the bill (dull yellow on Masked) and largely white central tail feathers (largely black on Masked). Nazca Boobies have a more southerly distribution and breed on Galapagos (where most photographs come from), but they are scarce off the coast of Baja where I photographed this. Most photos I have seen of Nazca Booby are from below as they usually fly high, so I was pleased with this shot from above as it shows the diagnostic tail pattern so well.
Nazca (Nasca) es una ciudad peruana capital del distrito homónimo ubicado en la provincia de Nazca en el departamento de Ica. Geográficamente se sitúa en la margen derecha del río Aja, afluente del río Grande en un estrecho valle a 520 m. s. n. m. a 439 km al sur de Lima.
Es una ciudad muy activa debido a la gran afluencia de visitantes que llegan a diario a conocer las Líneas de Nazca y también por el desarrollo minero, agrícola y comercial de su entorno.
Contaba con una población estimada de 49 200 hab. en 2019.
Nazca (Nasca) is a city and system of valleys on the southern coast of Peru. It is also the largest existing city in the Nazca Province. The name is derived from the Nazca culture, which flourished in the area between 100 BC and AD 800. This culture was responsible for the Nazca Lines and the ceremonial city of Cahuachi. They also constructed additional underground aqueducts, named puquios, in a regional system that still functions today. The first puquios are believed to have been built by the preceding Paracas culture.
Nazca is the capital of the Nazca Province located in the Ica District of the Ica Region of Peru.
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The Nazca Booby (Sula granti) was formerly considered a subspecies of Masked Booby (S. dactylatra) but in 2002 it was recognised as a separate species, largely because they did not interbreed where they nested together on Clipperton Island. Their DNA also revealed that they had separated about half a million years ago. The two species are incredibly similar but this photograph shows one of the diagnostic features of Nazca Booby; an orange tint to the bill (dull yellow on Masked). Nazca Boobies have a more southerly distribution and breed on Galapagos (where most photographs come from), but they are scarce off the coast of Baja where I photographed this.
The name Nazca is from a city in Peru, and a nearby desert where the famous Nazca lines are found. But why a bird that nests on oceanic islands should be named after an inland city in Peru is beyond me. Its scientific name granti commemorates William Ogilvie-Grant (1863-1924) who was curator of birds at the Natural History Museum in London, plus editor of the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. And the name Sula, meaning great white bird, was originally bestowed on Gannet in 1758 (then Sula bassana), but was appropriated by the Boobies in 1997 when it was decided that Gannets and Boobies were sufficiently distinct to merit different genera. Now Red-footed Booby was given the tautonym Sula sula in 1766, eight years after Gannet was named (in 1758). Normally the earliest name would prevail (which would be Sula bassana), but there is an exception when an otherwise valid name would "disturb stability or universality or cause confusion" . Such was deemed to be the case with Red-footed Booby (Sula sula). So the boobies kept Sula, and the poor old Gannets were placed in the genus Morus, which translates as stupid. So now the Gannet's scientific name is Morus bassanus, and translates as idiot of the Bass Rock.
Nazca Booby following our ship as we sailed down the west coast of the Americas towards the Panama Canal.
Luna de Nazca (7567)
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Indiana Jones! Night photo of a gas tanker used in an Indiana Jones movie when he visits Nazca in Peru, but actually filmed at a decommissioned WWII airfield in Central California. The high clouds added this beautiful moonbow halo. Light added from a handheld ProtoMachines LED2 light painting device during the exposure. I love Indiana Jones movies, and every time I come here, I am compelled to photograph this truck. Feel free to share.
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Museum page has additional views and more information on the bowl, which is on display in the Ancient Art of the Americas gallery in Dallas. It's an unusual Nazca bowl: cleaner and more graphic than most. Both paint and pot are top-notch and almost perfectly preserved. This would have been a grave-offering to a noble person. Museum photos are Open Access for personal, non-commercial use. Photo is by museum. I cropped and touched it up a bit.
It is by finishing the visit of the pyramid located at the exit of the city of Nazca that we discovered a group of three individuals. Not far from 45 minutes of approach to make this picture !
EOS 40 D / EF 100-400 mm (400 mm) 1/250e f9 iso-125
Espanola, Galapagos Islands
The largest out of the three booby species, and arguably the most handsome.
You know its a good day when you see multiple Nazca Boobies at once! Continuing birds on San Diego Bay. Special thanks to Dave Povey for taking me (and many other people!) out to see them.
Nazca booby, Sula granti. Isla Espanola, Galapagos. 18 November 2022.
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A la demande générale… les mystérieux géoglyphes de Nazca ! On ne les voit pas à l’œil nu depuis l’espace, mais on m’a bien aiguillé pour viser au bon endroit. Et ça donne… des grandes lignes, surtout. On arrive quand même à voir l’️et le colibri (si, si, en cherchant bien ️) 🇵🇪 C’est la fête nationale au Pérou 🇵🇪 – non je ne vais pas toutes vous les faire ;) Mais là c’est même carrément le bicentenaire de l’indépendance et j’ai enfin pris en photo des paysages et sites emblématiques, dont l’un toujours entouré de mystère. ️ Un peu plus de détails dans les légendes. Je me souviens encore du bicentenaire de la Révolution française, costume de sans-culottes compris, #honte en CM2… et vous ? – pour ceux qui avouent leur âge ;)
Nazca lines: you can’t see them from space, but I was told where to point my camera: the result?... Mostly… lines 😅. The spider and the hummingbird are here though, but are too small to distinguish. Anyway, one less target on my to-do list! #wondersoftheworld Peru celebrates its national day today (and tomorrow), and no I won’t do all the countries (although…) but this one is a special one, 200 years since its independence! (and I visited friends there a while ago). I read that they have two days of celebrations every year, which is kind of cool, what are we doing in France we should strike for a second one! The landscapes in Peru are amazing, and of course the Nazca lines are a target I wanted to spot for months – eventually did, but was underwhelmed a bit.
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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