Sunday, October 23, 2011

Earth Drawing (Geoglyph) of Hummingbird (Blog 3)

We have all heard about the Nazca Lines located in the Nazca Dessert in Peru. They are these massive lines inserted into the dessert ground and the connected lines make a figure. But these figures can only be seen from the air! 

I recently watched a documentary about Ancient Aliens and through out the documentary they talked about the Nazca lines. They say the people could have done them, but would they have really known what they were drawing? They also say that aliens or extraterrestrials had them done for us to see from the air. So many theories go about how the Nazca lines got to Peru and why they are here for us...or for others out there watching us. 

I find the Nazca lines very interesting. This pictures or figures cover miles and miles of land. Some look like what its being represented and others dont quiet show what is mean to be shown. For example, I forever thought this was an insect of some kind. Until a few years ago my father said "It's a hummingbird." And when I looked at it again, the "hummingbird" image was there. On the right is a "Killer Whale." This one is my personal favorite. It looks like a whale when you first look at it. It's just amazing how these lines who ever made them possible, were able to make animals and other figures on a massive scale. I just adore the Nazca lines. They are just so fascinating to me. When a new documentary comes on, I watch it for new theories or ways it could have been done and why it has been done. 
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6 comments:

  1. JoyceTuesday, October 25, 2011 at 5:23:00 PM EDT

    Thank you for sharing the one about the whale - it is not one I am familiar with. I believe that these images were human made but it must have been a team of people or one very large minded person to have been able to execute a work of art so massive in scale. How simple but yet so fabulous.

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  2. Ashley MartinMonday, November 7, 2011 at 9:17:00 PM EST

    I like these geoglyph. I like how they are put on the walls with different designs and different animals. I also looked at the hummingbird and never know it was a hummingbird till I really looked at it. The killer whale is a great geoglyph as well.

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  3. tmarie101Monday, November 7, 2011 at 9:26:00 PM EST

    I really love these pieces, especially the whale. At first, when I saw the hummingbird I didn't know what to think of it; I saw a bunch of hands or something. When I was told that it was a hummingbird, then I saw it and it made more sense.

    I think it's amazing how they were made so huge. These had to be very much thought out; I would guess that the artists probably made smaller models and just multiplied the sizes to enlarge them.

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  4. bruceTuesday, November 8, 2011 at 7:19:00 AM EST

    I'm wondering why a whale in the middle of the desert and who was the artwork meant for. Their gods or aliens. How did they even know what a whale looked like anyways

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  5. BillTuesday, November 8, 2011 at 11:16:00 PM EST

    These pieces are truly one of the more mind boggling things i have seen in the course of this class. While i don't believe in aliens... this sort of makes me question my views. That aside; the shear size of these works is what is so crazy to me. Aliens or not these are amazing.

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  6. AnonymousThursday, November 17, 2011 at 11:15:00 AM EST

    I wonder how they made these, this is one reason why we NEED time travel, I wanna know how these were made! They just look awesome, plus..., I kind of want one in my back yard.

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