Objects, which can be seen from space

We invite you to view photos of amusing objects that can now be seen on the ground by satellite. Now, thanks to modern technology admire these bizarre objects could each.

Vitruvian Man (the year 2001), and now in its place Asterix and Obelix (2009 year)




Portrait of Genghis Khan, made during the traditional Mongolian culture festival Naadam in Ulaanbaatar, the year 2006



Geoglyphs "Giant", Cerne Abbas, Dorset, United Kingdom



The origin and age of the object is unknown, the first mention of it found in written sources dating from XVIII-th century. According to some reports, "Giant" was established in the days of the ancient Romans and Celts.

A giant chess board (400 × 400 m) near the German town of bad frankenhausen. Appeared in 2009, the year



Four years ago, on this board, the match Pats Elizabeth (Elisabeth Pähtz), a member of the German women's team chess against world chess community.

Fovantskie signs UK



Signs created in the years 1916-1917 in honor of soldiers-participants of the First World War. 19 of Marks were lost.

The petroglyphs (rock carvings) Llipata, Peru



These images, which appeared between the 500th and 400th years BC, are part of the cultural heritage of Paracas.



Anti-aircraft missiles at Nellis AFB, Nevada, USA



A similar structure filmed spy plane U-2 flying over La Coloma (Cuba) during the Cuban missile crisis of August 29, 1962-year.



Wood in the form of a guitar on the pampas of Argentina



This amazing geoglyphs created the Argentine farmer Pedro Martin Ureta in memory of his wife Graciela, who died in 1977, when she was only 25 years old. The forest consists of more than 7 thousand of cypress and eucalyptus trees, and the length of "guitar" - about 1 km.

Celtic sign "Island Time", the author - artist Wilhelm Holderid



The sign was created in 1995, and is located near the airport in Munich, Germany.

Meadow in the shape of a heart, South Gloucestershire, United Kingdom



This touching geoglyphs farmer Winston Howes (Winston Howes) dedicated to his wife, who died 18 years ago. For its creation it took about 6 thousand oak seedlings.

Long Man of Wilmington, UK



Presumably, it appeared in the Iron Age, according to other sources - in the XVI-th and XVII-th century.

White Hawk in the suburb of Brighton created by local artists in the year 2001



Naked woman in the fields of Sicily, the year 2005



The world's largest "fingerprint", Hove Park, Brighton, United Kingdom



The length of the "fingerprint" - 38 m.

The lake is in the form of a man, São Paulo, Brazil



The world's largest portrait. On it is depicted Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the first president of Turkey



Image located near Endzindzhan, Turkey, covers an area of ​​7, 5 square kilometers, over it for months of work 3 thousand soldiers.

White horse in Alton Barnes, 1812 Year



White Eagle near the old camp of the National Guard, San Luis Obispo, California, USA



Created cadets in the mid-1960s.

The inscription «Ni pena ni miedo» («No shame, no fear"), the Atacama Desert, Chile



These world's largest lines of the poem written by Chilean poet Raul Zurita, victims of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The length of the label - 3, 15 km.

"Golden Spiral", installation of landscape artist and architect Hansjörg Vaught Peter Richter, Morocco, 1992-1997





World map on Lake Kleytrup, Denmark. Author Soren Poulsen create it from 1944 to 1969, the year



"Uffington White Horse" - a stylized figure of a chalk horse length of 110 m, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom



Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer near the town of Vashon, Washington



Lines of Nazca (Nazca Lines), Nazca, southern Peru, the estimated time of creation - between 400th and 650th years BC













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