A WORD ABOUT IT...
I'm aboard a Cessna plane soaring over the Peruvian coastal plain about 400 km south of Lima, Peru. Forced to look down by the heavy blueish sky, at some point, I notice the dull pale sameness of the rocks and sand organize and change form. Distinct white lines gradually evolve from tan and rust-red. Across the dry desert an assortment of perfectly-straight lines, many running parallel, others intersecting, forming a grand geometric form with trapezoids, rectangles, triangles, and swirls. The landscape changes as some of the swirls and zigzags start to agglutinate in more distinct shapes: a hummingbird, a spider, a monkey, all pictures of birds and beasts etched on a giant scale that can only be appreciated from the sky. These are the renowned Nazca Lines - subject of mystery for over 80 years. How were they formed?
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