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Close to the tiny town of Nazca in Peru lies on of the most mysterious and unexplained places on our planet. Within a 50km radius one can find hundreds of lines, figures and drawings in the sand. Those drawing are called geoglyphs. What's so special about that? You can only see them from an airplane! The geoglyphs and lines are designed for the flying "gods" in the sky. Some of the lines are thousands of years old and run for 20 or more kilometers across this ancient landscape. Some of the line run over valleys and mountains. Some mountaintops are artificially flatened. Some figurines drawn on hill slopes have strange antennae, helmets and boots. What did the ancient people of Nazca depict? Who did they want to attract? Please scroll down and explore many photos of the Nazca lines. On our last trip to Nazca in 2009 my wife and I also had the opportunity to get extensive photographic material of the Palpa Lines. You will not find many sites on the internet that show you such detailled shots of those lesser known lines and figurines. 

After my visits to Nazca I'm convinced that the lines were built for the astronaut "gods". It is the only plausable explanation. From all the theories about Nazca it is the only one that makes sense. Why would ancient people build - in smeltering heat - gigantic lines and figurines that can only be seen from the sky? 

Click here to see a small video of a flight over the Nazca lines. If you have a list of things to do in your lifetime, this should be on it! 

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From the ground the lines and "landing strips" are very hard to spot. If you drive through the area, only signs give away that you are in a UNESCO world heritage site. It is strictly forbidden to venture out into to plain of Nazca to protect the fragile lines and shapes. The red circle in the photo illustrate how the lines show up from the ground.
Here a closer look. You can stop on the side of the road to get a glimpse of the lines. You have to hire a taxi in the nearby town of Nazca to get to the lines.
Nazca has a small airport where you can charter little Chessna airplaines for a flight over the lines. This is the only way to see the figurines and the lines in it's full glory. If you suffer from motion sickness, you should take some medication before you go.
The planes bank pretty steep in order get a good look.
In the photo you can see some lines or "pistas" as the locals call them.
After a few minutes of flight you will see the first figurine. It's called "El astronauta" - the astronaut. Need I say more?
As you can see "the astronaut" also wears boots. The figurine is carved into the slope of a hilltop.  
About 10 minutes into the flight you will see an enourmous amount of lines, figures and "landing strips". The locals call them that way because the look like landing strips of an airport. The dark line on top of the photo is the Panamericana highway. 
It gives you a good indication of the scale of the lines. They are hard to describe, you have to see them in person to REALLY appreciate them.
This photo shows nicely how precise the lines are. The big line is about 3km long!
Some of the lines meet in one specific point. Nobody really knows why. Sometimes there is a small hill on the meeting point of the lines.
The highway you see on this photo is again the Panamericana going towards Palpa. At the end of the bigger strip you see a carved spiral. It's at least 150m in diameter.
This spiral is very similar to rock carvings and drawings in the southwestern USA.
Was there a link of those two people or were both people inspried by the same source?
Here you can see how the lines run over hills and mountains. This is proof that the lines could not have been roads. A road would run around the hill...
On this photo on the right lower half you see the watchtower built by German araeologist Maria Reiche during the 1970s. From this tower one can see two figurines: The "tree" und die "hands".
Here you see the "Monkey" - one of the many "geoglyphs" in the plain of Nazca.