Portrait of the Atacama Giant Chile
by James Brunker
Title
Portrait of the Atacama Giant Chile
Artist
James Brunker
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Photograph - Photograph
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A close up view of the Atacama Giant / Gigante de Atacama in the Atacama Desert near the village of Huara in northern Chile. It is 119m / 390ft tall and the largest prehistoric anthropomorphic or human figure in the world. It is though to have been made between 1000 to 1400AD and likely represented a deity for the local inhabitants. It is on the west side of Cerro Unita / Unitas, an isolated hill in the middle of a vast desert plain with views to the peaks of the Andes Mountains in the distance. Some suspect the lines rising above its head have astronomical alignments.
Photograph © James Brunker. Reproduction, transmission or use in any form (print, website, etc) without prior written permission strictly prohibited.
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May 11th, 2019
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