Can you imagine spotting a 120-foot-long cat? Well, you would see one every day if you lived in the dry plains near Nazca, Peru.
The drawing of a cat was etched into the hard ground there about 2,400 years ago. And the cat is not alone. People living in the area around that time etched hundreds of animals, plants, and other shapes into the ground.
Over the centuries, the drawings became lost. Many were covered by dirt. Others were so big that they couldn’t be seen from the ground. In the 1920s, the early planes changed that. People started discovering the drawings from the sky.
Today, scientists use drones to study the drawings, now known as the Nazca Lines. In 2022, they found 168 more drawings. But experts still aren’t sure why they were made. The purpose of the Nazca Lines remains a mystery!