Marree Man: Australia’s Mysterious 2-Mile Sculpture
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What is the Marree Man?
* It’s a large geoglyph (a design created on the ground) located in South Australia.
* it depicts an Aboriginal Australian man hunting with a boomerang.
Discovery & Creation:
* First discovered by a charter pilot on June 26,1998.
* An anonymous fax alerted hotels to its creation, initially calling it “Stuart’s Giant” (later known as the Marree Man).
* Created sometime between May 27 and June 12, 1998, as confirmed by satellite imagery.
* Likely created using earth-moving machinery, possibly with early GPS technology.
* Redrawn in 2016, taking approximately 60 hours with updated technology.
* 250 bamboo stakes were found along the perimeter, likely used as markers.
Image Information:
* The included image is an aerial photograph of the original Marree Man taken a few weeks after its discovery in 1998.
* Image credit: Peter Campbell/Wikimedia.