stackyFACTSCreating massive, miles-long ground drawings didn't require advanced lasers. Locals just rigorously scraped away the dark top layer of rocky desert to reveal the lighter sand underneath. It was essentially the world's most exhausting, large-scale Etch A Sketch.
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