As a plane soars over the high desert of southern Peru, the dull pale sameness of the rocks and sand organize and change form. Distinct white lines gradually evolve from tan and rust-red.

Between the towns of Nazca and Palpa in Peru, a stretch of ground spanning ... The geoglyph was discovered at Pampa de Majuelos in the Nazca desert by archaeologists Masato Sakai and Jorge Olano ...