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white whale
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La Gringa from space
Never made it out this far but now can from my desk. What is the story behind the person(s) who put this up? It's a great feat to have something
you've created to be seen from space.
Future visit I must put some thought into my own baja art contribution.
Can't figure a scale to these letters but it must be massive to stand out like this. Not quite the Nazca lines of Peru but still fun.....
I've since taken notice of this area because of the whale shark viewing opportunities here in the bay. Definitely on my list to see.
And maybe find some copper too.....
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That should confuse some space traveler, English in Mexico.
Quite an achievement, I'm impressed. I assume it's pretty new as the greenery has not taken over yet.
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Benn camping out there off and on for 20 years
That rock sign has always been there, right by where we launch our boat
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Google Earth has four snapshots from 2005 through 2019. It looks like the words were created between 2006 and 2016:
-- Geoff
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white whale
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Did not know you could scroll back years in Earth. That is slick work.
These have to be some decent size rocks and a few gals of white paint.
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geoffff
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Quote: Originally posted by white whale  | Did not know you could scroll back years in Earth. That is slick work.
These have to be some decent size rocks and a few gals of white paint. |
Yeah, in Google Earth, click on this icon with the clock and the green arrow:
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Pacifico
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Am I the only one who thinks this is ugly and completely unnecessary? Much like graffiti...
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JZ
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Rode my bike to the top of that hill one day. Over all those big rocks.
[Edited on 4-19-2020 by JZ]
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Me too!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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just give it a few thousand years and tourists will come to see the prehistoric geoglyphs.
They are all over Baja. Most have religious texts.
I have identified about 20 so far.
There is another one not too far from La Gringa - reading "CAMPO":
29° 3'59.01"N, 113°32'59.06"W
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When there last year, we were told by the current caretaker (who was the caretaker many years back before being replaced by several others), that he
and his dad had put those rocks up there years ago. Quite an undertaking. Since returning as caretaker several years back, he has repainted them.
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Ugly!
Can this eye sore be observed/read from ground level?
Woke!
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will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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Oh yes, as if it would attract new business... Agree it is unneeded and does not attract more business.
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X3
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Maybe they should throw up a couple of wind turbines and nobody would notice the graffiti anymore! 
[Edited on 4-18-2020 by AKgringo]
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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white whale
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| Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | just give it a few thousand years and tourists will come to see the prehistoric geoglyphs.
They are all over Baja. Most have religious texts.
I have identified about 20 so far.
There is another one not too far from La Gringa - reading "CAMPO":
29° 3'59.01"N, 113°32'59.06"W
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do tell..... is this your version of virtual beachcombing? That is pretty cool.
I'd be interested to see the others. Advantage in baja is vegitation will never swallow these up.
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white whale
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Ok block letters aren't the most artistic or original - give you that. Graffiti is a stretch... maybe if it said GRAD '88 ....
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around Life During Wartime
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here is what I have
Attachment: all air signs.kmz (11kB)
This file has been downloaded 225 times
Harald Pietschmann
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thebajarunner
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"Much ado about not much"
Not a big deal
If you want to rage about rock writing then the real culprits are the brain dead scribes that scribble on the great rock array at Catavina.
Now that, folks, is pretty disgusting!!
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4x4abc
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| Quote: Originally posted by thebajarunner | Not a big deal
If you want to rage about rock writing then the real culprits are the brain dead scribes that scribble on the great rock array at Catavina.
Now that, folks, is pretty disgusting!! |
got pictures?
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