The cutting of huge figures or 'geoglyphs' into the earth of English hillsides has taken place for more than 3,000 years.

在英国山坡上雕刻巨大的图形或“地理文字”已经有 3000 多年的历史了。

Littered across the Nazca Desert in Peru are a number of bizarre geoglyphs that have left many people puzzled since their discovery.

在秘鲁的纳斯卡沙漠中散落着许多奇异的地理符号，自从它们被发现以来就让许多人感到困惑。

However, the grass would soon grow over the geoglyph again unless it was regularly cleaned or scoured by a fairly large team of people.

然而，除非有相当大的团队定期清洁或擦洗，否则草很快就会再次长出地标。

The fact that geoglyphs can disappear easily, along with their associated rituals and meaning, indicates that they were never intended to be anything more than temporary gestures.

geoglyphs 可以轻易消失的事实，连同它们相关的仪式和意义，表明它们从未打算成为临时手势。

Furthermore, over hundreds of years the outlines would sometimes change due to people not always cutting in exactly the same place, thus creating a different shape to the original geoglyph.

此外，数百年来，由于人们并不总是在完全相同的位置切割， 因此轮廓有时会发生变化，从而形成与原始地理标志不同的形状。

The carving has been placed in such a way as to make it extremely difficult to see from close quarters, and like many geoglyphs is best appreciated from the air.

雕刻的放置方式使得从近处极难看到，并且像许多地理符号一样， 最好从空中欣赏。