Tree & Chick

The Gecko

The Nasca Lines

Day 2 of the Peru trip

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Nasca Airport Bush Whale Trapesoid 1 Trapesoid 2 Trapesoids 3 Line 1 Trapesoids 4 Astronaut? Highway Monkey Monkey Dog Dog Condor Spider Cactus & Thing Flower? Hummingbird Spiral Lines 2 Parrot Tree & Chick Tree, Chick & Lizard Flood Lines Flood Lines Trapesoids 4 Trapesoids 4 Lines 3
Actually it's normally referred to as "Hands" but it's clearly more than that, so I've called it a chick.
Maria Reiche's viewing tower at the edge of the highway. The staked parking area is about two articulated lorries long.

Maria Reiche was a German mathematician who did more than anyone else to explain and protect the Nasca lines. She lived on the pampa for 50 years and was buried nearby when she died.
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Tree & Chick
picture © Mike Anderson 2007
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