The View From Above

The View From Above is a collection of megalithic messages, designs, and graffiti placed on the surface of the earth specifically to be viewed from the air. Some are modern, some are the creations of ancient cultures. I will try to give you a little information about each of the photos posted here, and would appreciate any information or comments you may have, as well.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

NASA Confirms Massive Kazakhstan Geoglyphs

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"In 2007, Dmitriy Dey, a Kazakh economist and archaeology enthusiast, was poking around on Google Earth when he found something s...
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Monday, November 9, 2015

This amazing nautical "View from Above" solves a mystery that is over 150 years old!

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The HMS Erebus was lost and all of its crew members perished when the ship became entrapped in the polar ice in 1846.  A recent expeditio...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

The Atacama Giant of Chile is over a thousand years old!

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(Click photo to enlarge) 19°56'57.18"S 69°38'0.87"W The Atacama Giant is located in the Atacama Desert near " ...
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This creepy ship graveyard has a sinister explanation.

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(Click photo to enlarge) 20°52'6.44"N 17° 2'50.79"W This has got to be one of the eeriest places on the planet. The...
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The Curiously Circular Pyramids of Guachimontes

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(Click photo to enlarge) 20°41'41.91"N 103°50'3.65"W Guachimontes , near the town of Teuchitlán in the state of Jalisc...

Check out this Giant Gobi Desert Glyph... from a glider!

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(Click photo to enlarge) 39°45'6.33"N 98°13'2.00"E Full-scree This gigantic glyph (3300 feet long by 2100 feet wide...

The 10th Hole Golf Club has a secret you can only figure out from the air!

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(Click photo to enlarge) 36° 2'13.61"N 115° 5'8.66"W When you get to the 1oth hole at the Legacy Golf Club in Hender...

Sculpture Garden, Near Cardiff, Wales

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  (Click photo to enlarge) 51°22'56.71"N 3°20'19.36"W Just south of Cardiff International Airport in Wales lies a scu...
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How did this landlocked aircraft carrier end up in this little lake?

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(Click photo to enlarge) 31° 6'18.33"N 121° 0'46.76"E Sure looks like a landlocked aircraft carrier, doesn't it? ...
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Chand Baori - An Amazing Indian Stepwell

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(Click photo to enlarge) 27° 0'25.90"N 76°36'25.96"E In the village of Abhaneri, near Jaipur, Rajastan (India) there ...

Amphitheater in a Coal Mine, Germany

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(Click Photo to Enlarge) 51°33'0.57"N 6°52'37.66"E At the very top of the " mining tip " of a gargantuan pi...

Tetrahedron, Bottrop-Batenbrock, Germany

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(Click Photo to Enlarge) 51°31'37.00"N 6°57'39.23"E High atop a 65 meter high coal mine spoil tip in Bottrop-Batenbro...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Harney Basin Glyphs, Southeast Oregon

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(Click photo to enlarge) 42°33'44.44"N 119°32'35.08"W These geoglyphs can be found west of Flook Lake, southeast Oregon...
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Mysterious Hart Mt. Antelope Refuge "Hotdog"

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(Click photo to enlarge) 42°32'42.94"N 119°29'54.69"W I'm sure there is a very logical and simple explanation for t...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Hombre del Rio, Cordoba, Spain

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(Click photo to enlarge) 37°52'46.04"N 4°46'28.24"W In April 2006, the "Hombre del Rio", or Man of the Riv...
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