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A1CST t1_j0ca8jt wrote

168... we have GPS, satellite imaging now and for the past 20+ years and your telling me they JUST found them. Were they even looking? These things are huge!

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Penkala89 t1_j0cbhd5 wrote

Though there are some famously large geoglyphs, most of the ones in this article were relatively small (10-20ft across).

And the desert is also just ... Huge. As a challenge/demonstration, go to Google Earth/Google Maps, go to the first location that pops up for the Nazca Lines and see how long it takes you to find them/how many you can find.

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immabettaboithanu t1_j0d356j wrote

These also look harder to discover because the images need lines to show what they look like since they’re likely worn down from being over 2000 years old.

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