BajaNomad - La Gringa from space

La Gringa from space

white whale - 4-17-2020 at 01:45 PM

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.....

Howard - 4-17-2020 at 02:05 PM

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.

thebajarunner - 4-17-2020 at 02:35 PM

Benn camping out there off and on for 20 years
That rock sign has always been there, right by where we launch our boat

geoffff - 4-17-2020 at 03:17 PM

Google Earth has four snapshots from 2005 through 2019. It looks like the words were created between 2006 and 2016:

-- Geoff

white whale - 4-17-2020 at 04:15 PM

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.

geoffff - 4-17-2020 at 06:05 PM

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:

-- Geoff

Pacifico - 4-17-2020 at 06:32 PM

Am I the only one who thinks this is ugly and completely unnecessary? Much like graffiti...

JZ - 4-17-2020 at 06:53 PM

Rode my bike to the top of that hill one day. Over all those big rocks.

[Edited on 4-19-2020 by JZ]

AKgringo - 4-17-2020 at 07:40 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Pacifico

Am I the only one who thinks this is ugly and completely unnecessary? Much like graffiti...

Me too!

4x4abc - 4-17-2020 at 09:40 PM

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

sherdoggie - 4-17-2020 at 09:53 PM

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.

mtgoat666 - 4-18-2020 at 07:17 AM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo

Quote: Originally posted by Pacifico

Am I the only one who thinks this is ugly and completely unnecessary? Much like graffiti...

Me too!

Ugly!

Can this eye sore be observed/read from ground level?

David K - 4-18-2020 at 07:41 AM

Oh yes, as if it would attract new business... Agree it is unneeded and does not attract more business.

pacificobob - 4-18-2020 at 08:35 AM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo

Quote: Originally posted by Pacifico

Am I the only one who thinks this is ugly and completely unnecessary? Much like graffiti...

Me too!

AKgringo - 4-18-2020 at 08:41 AM

Maybe they should throw up a couple of wind turbines and nobody would notice the graffiti anymore! :barf:

[Edited on 4-18-2020 by AKgringo]

white whale - 4-18-2020 at 09:18 AM

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

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.

white whale - 4-18-2020 at 09:33 AM

Quote: Originally posted by pacificobob

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo

Quote: Originally posted by Pacifico

Am I the only one who thinks this is ugly and completely unnecessary? Much like graffiti...

Me too!

Ok block letters aren't the most artistic or original - give you that. Graffiti is a stretch... maybe if it said GRAD '88 ....

4x4abc - 4-18-2020 at 10:21 AM

here is what I have

Attachment: all air signs.kmz (11kB)
This file has been downloaded 351 times

"Much ado about not much"

thebajarunner - 4-18-2020 at 11:24 AM

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!!

4x4abc - 4-18-2020 at 11:36 AM

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?

Have you ever driven through Catavina??

thebajarunner - 4-18-2020 at 03:25 PM

Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc

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?

No, I don't have pictures
Not of graffiti and despoiled nature

A few years ago the BF Goodrich racing pits painted up one of the great rocks there and there were plenty of those pics posted, but not by me,

BornFisher - 4-18-2020 at 03:35 PM

Looks like La Gringa from drone to me.

bajabuddha - 4-18-2020 at 04:37 PM

Sorry, but the word ''WELCOME'' doesn't mean graffiti to me. E'Es MEXICO, SENORES. Get the flock over it. Might have been originally done back in the fly-in days, ever think of that? WELCOME, P*NCHE GRINGOS!

Cataviña paint crap is graffiti.

del mar - 4-18-2020 at 04:45 PM

few years ago they went in and painted over the graffiti thru catavina....I think it looked worse

geoffff - 4-18-2020 at 05:03 PM

Narrowing it down a bit, I think the "Welcome to La Gringa" letters were painted sometime between March 2006 and May 2008.

- They are not visible in the historical March 2006 satellite image I posted.

- They are mentioned by Nomad Matt&Mutt in his May 2008 story:

Quote: Originally posted by Matt&Mutt

[...]upwards past the �Welcome to La Gringa� rocks[...]

-- Geoff

Loretana - 4-18-2020 at 07:59 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Pacifico

Am I the only one who thinks this is ugly and completely unnecessary? Much like graffiti...

I think it's totally lame.
And why? It is graffiti.

David K - 4-19-2020 at 10:38 AM

Quote: Originally posted by geoffff

Narrowing it down a bit, I think the "Welcome to La Gringa" letters were painted sometime between March 2006 and May 2008.

- They are not visible in the historical March 2006 satellite image I posted.

- They are mentioned by Nomad Matt&Mutt in his May 2008 story:

Quote: Originally posted by Matt&Mutt

[...]upwards past the �Welcome to La Gringa� rocks[...]

-- Geoff

Great P.I. work, Geoff!