Thursday, April 20, 2006

Remote sensing update Japanese researchers find new giant picture on Peru's Nazca Plateau
A new giant picture on the Nazca Plateau in Peru, which is famous for giant patterns that can be seen from the air, has been discovered by a team of Japanese researchers.

The image is 65 meters long, and appears to be an animal with horns. It is thought to have been drawn as a symbol of hopes for good crops, but there are no similar patterns elsewhere, and the type of the animal remains unclear.

The discovery marks the first time since the 1980s that a picture other than a geometrical pattern has been found on the Nazca Plateau.


Between the Internet and accessible hi-res satellite photos, you can expect an Army of archaeological Davids to be finding more of this stuff.