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<< Our Photo Pages >> Nazca Lines - Hummingbird - Hill Figure or Geoglyph in Peru

Submitted by davidmorgan on Saturday, 29 January 2011  Page Views: 6401

Multi-periodSite Name: Nazca Lines - Hummingbird Alternative Name: El Colibri
Country: Peru
NOTE: This site is 0.456 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Nearest Town: Nazca
Latitude: 14.692161S  Longitude: 75.148885W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
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no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Nazca Lines - Hummingbird submitted by SolarMegalith : Nazca - Hummingbird figure (photo taken on April 2008). (Vote or comment on this photo)
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The hummingbird design at Nazca.
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Nazca Lines - Hummingbird
Nazca Lines - Hummingbird submitted by SolarMegalith : The Hummingbird is one of the numerous animal representations among Nazca lines (photo taken on April 2004). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nazca Lines - Hummingbird
Nazca Lines - Hummingbird submitted by Dutch : View on Nasca hummingbird from a Cessna aircraft. February 1997. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nazca Lines - Hummingbird
Nazca Lines - Hummingbird submitted by Dutch : View on Nasca hummingbird drawing from a Cessna aircraft. February 1997. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nazca Lines - Hummingbird
Nazca Lines - Hummingbird submitted by Dutch : View on Nasca bird drawing from a Cessna aircraft. Februari 1997. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nazca Lines - Hummingbird
Nazca Lines - Hummingbird submitted by SolarMegalith : Nazca - Hummingbird figure with wingspan of over 60 m (photo taken on April 2008). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nazca Lines - Hummingbird
Nazca Lines - Hummingbird submitted by SolarMegalith : Nazca - Hummingbird figure and other lines (photo taken on April 2008).

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Peru to press charges over Greenpeace Nazca lines stunt by Ogneslav on Monday, 15 December 2014
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The Telegraph -- 10 Dec 2014

Activists allegedly damaged the millennia-old Nazca lines during a protest to draw attention to climate talks.

Peru has vowed to prosecute Greenpeace activists after they allegedly damaged the world-famous Nazca lines during an environmental publicity stunt.

Activists from the group unfurled cloth letters spelling out a green energy slogan at the millennia-old site on Monday, adjacent to where the figure of a hummingbird is etched into the ground.

Peru has said the activists damaged the ground by leaving footprints, which could last for thousands of years.

“It’s a true slap in the face at everything Peruvians consider sacred,” Luis Jaime Castillo, the deputy culture minister, said.

In a statement, the Peruvian culture ministry said: "After the illegal, premeditated action by environmental defense group Greenpeace, the zone has been seriously affected.”
It described the stunt as an “attack on the cultural heritage of all Peruvians and all humanity".

Best seen from the sky, the ancient lines are enormous drawings etched in the earth by pre-Inca Nazca civilizations sometime between 500BC and AD 500.
They span some 200 square miles of the desert and have long intrigued archaeologists with the mystery of their size, their meticulously drawn figures and their abundance.
Some of the drawings depict living creatures, others stylised plants or fantastical beings, others geometric figures that stretch for miles.
Visitors to the Unesco World Heritage Site in southern Peru are normally banned from entering the area where the activists staged their stunt.
Even ministers and presidents have to seek special permission and wear special footwear to access the grounds.

Mr Castillo said: “[The lines] are absolutely fragile. They are black rocks on a white background. You walk there and the footprint is going to last hundreds or thousands of years. And the line that they have destroyed is the most visible and most recognised of all.”
Mr Castillo said the Peruvian government was seeking to prevent those responsible from leaving the country and was asking prosecutors to file charges of attacking archaeological monuments, a crime punishable by up to six years in prison.

The activists laid big yellow cloth letters reading: “Time for Change! The Future is Renewable. Greenpeace.”
The message was timed to coincide with climate change talks taking place in the Peruvian capital Lima.

Mr Castillo said: “Peru has nothing against the message of Greenpeace. We are all concerned about climate change. But the means doesn’t justify the ends.”

Greenpeace later said it apologised "without reservation" for the offence it has caused and said it was "deeply sorry".
A spokesman said: "We fully understand that this looks bad. Rather than relay an urgent message of hope and possibility to the leaders gathering at the Lima UN climate talks, we came across as careless and crass."
It said it welcomed any investigation into the consequences of its actions and was willing to face fair consequences for its actions.
It said that Kumi Naidoo, the International Executive Directort of Greenpeace, would fly to Lima to personally apologise for the offence caused.
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