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"The geometric ones could suggest the flow of normal water or be connected to rituals to summon normal water. The spiders, wild birds, and crops could be fertility symbols. Other possible explanations include: irrigation strategies or gigantic astronomical calendars." - Cynthia Stokes Dark brown In 1927, Today, millions of people take a flight, and everyone would you views the bottom thousands of legs below. But in 1927, air traffic was a relatively new trend, especially in the wilds of southern Peru, and when the first planes passed over the sprawling expanse of the Nazca Desert, people looking out their windows found an incredible sight that they could hardly believe. Over the baked desert floor, someone experienced carved broad, correctly upright lines that ran for miles. Even more amazingly, some of the lines twisted together to form the styles of animals, wild birds, and insects. However when the lines were investigated further, it was discovered that they were typically undetectable from walk out. As researcher Viktoria Nikitzki place it, "The lines themselves are superficial, they are just 10 to 30 cm profound." Since their breakthrough, these "geoglyphs" (the name for just about any large carving viewable from the air) have seduced attention from the round the world, and their acceptance is matched up only by the enigma adjoining them. Why were they created? Who drew the lines? What technology did they use to fashion them? Their beauty and enigma have, sometimes, resulted in farfetched theories which have credited extraterrestrials.
