To the Aymara – indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America – the famous sky feature we know as Orion’s Belt is seen as a Celestial Bridge between the sky’s Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/orions-belt-and-the-celestial-bridge…
Tag: Peru
Alphabet’s Loon Balloons Will Provide Internet To Remote Parts of the Amazon Next Year
Yesterday, Alphabet’s Loon announced that it has signed a new commercial agreement with Internet Para Todos Peru to provide mobile internet connectivity to parts of the Amazon rainforest in Peru starting in 2020. The Verge reports: Loon will use its high-altitude internet balloons to provide mobile internet from Telefonica to the selected areas. Telefonica is a part owner of Internet Para…
Archeologists Discover 3,000-Year-Old Megalithic Temple Used by a ‘Water Cult’
The temple may have been used for fertility rituals. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-megalithic-temple-discovered-peru.html
143 new Nazca geoglyphs discovered in Peru
Researchers have used an artificial intelligence to identity previously unseen drawings on the desert floor. Situated on a remote arid plateau in sout… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/332108/143-new-nazca-geoglyphs-discovered-in-peru…
Disappearing Peruvian glaciers
Glaciers are melting in areas across the globe. But glacier loss in the Peruvian Andes is happening particularly rapidly. New research reports a reduction of almost 30% between 2000 and 2016. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/disappearing-peruvian-glaciers…
All you need to know: September equinox
We have an equinox coming up on September 23. Happy autumn, Northern Hemisphere. Happy spring, Southern Hemisphere. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-september-equinox…
At Least 227 Slaughtered Children Found at World’s Largest Child Sacrifice Site in Peru
“Wherever you dig, there’s another one,” the site’s chief archaeologist said. Source: https://www.livescience.com/worlds-largest-child-burial-site-chimu-peru.html
Amazon fires viewed from ISS
Amazon rainforest fires … the view from space. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/amazon-fires-viewed-from-iss…
Making Time to Learn: How Online Study Fits Around Your Career
The new suite of computer science degrees from the University of London and member institution Goldsmiths offer you the opportunity to study your degree fully online. This flexibility allows many students to continue working while gaining a qualification that will support future career ambitions. We spoke to three students about how they manage their studies […]
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Peru’s famous Nazca Lines may include drawings of exotic birds
Pre-Inca people depicted winged fliers from far away in landscape art. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/peru-famous-nazca-lines-may-include-drawings-exotic-birds4…