| The Pampa Colorada is a Desert that is located 250 | | | | stones and getting the lighter colored soil above so |
| kilometers from Peru. There are some mysterious | | | | that the color of it could be exposed. However, it has |
| drawing on the land there called the Nazca lines. | | | | been preserved so far because of the arid desert air. |
| These lines are several centuries old and they can be | | | | However, what most people do not understand is why |
| viewed only from the air. If you look at them while | | | | these Nazca lines were created and what purpose did |
| walking on the ground, you can never make it out. | | | | they serve. Also, this is some kind of art that can be |
| They are huge lines running across in patterns. There | | | | seen clearly and distinctly from the above. Therefore, |
| are more than three hundred lines among the Nazca | | | | you would be required to take a helicopter ride to see |
| lines that depict various geometric figures and shapes | | | | the actual art. Some people think that these lines were |
| and even some animals and plants. These lines were | | | | actually made to honor and pay tribute to the gods, |
| made by an ancient Peruvian civilization known as | | | | who the Nazcans believed lived in the skies. There are |
| Nazca and these people lived around 200 B.C. These | | | | still others who claim that the lines were drawn in order |
| figures would have been made by removing the | | | | to identify the underground water sources. |