Nazca(violet) Spider Geocoin

MY MISSION IS TO TRAVEL WEST SEEKING FUN AND GREAT CACHES ALONG THE WAY,ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT TO GEO EVENTS, MEET NICE PEOPLE AND NOT GET STOLEN, IM NOT A TRADE ITEM, PLEASE DO NOT KEEP ME... IM TRYING TO GET TO THE GRAND CANYON, SNAKE RIVER, ANY AREA WHERE THERES MOUNTIANS, ALSO PLEASE TAKE LOTS OF PICS OF MY TRAVELS,

this coin is 1 of only 200 made in the world, awesome coin. 


The figures lie in an area that is one of the driest places on earth. The ground is made of light yellow soil, a mixture of sand, clay and calcite. The Nazca lines and designs were made by scraping away rocks, revealing the yellow soil that lay beneath. It is assumed that this was done entirely by hand, as archaeologists have never found evidence showing the work was done by plow ``The accurateness of the lines is one of the most fascinating aspects of the Nazca lines. There are countless lines that vary in width and length. They fan out in all directions, often times intersecting with one another to create a grid. The lines vary in lengths from just a few feet long, to an astonishing 40 miles long. The animals depicted are also amazingly accurate and proportioned. There is a large variety of designs besides the straight lines depicted on the desert floor. The animal figures include images of a spider, birds, a monkey, a whale, a llama, a snake and a lizard. The spider figure is one of the more popular and the most intriguing. The spider that is depicted in Nazca is a member of the genus, Ricinulei, which is one of the rarest genus of spiders in the world. This species of spiders are only found in inaccessible places of the Amazon jungle. These spiders feature one extended leg with a reproductive organ on its tip. This copulatory mechanism is generally only visible when viewed by a microscope, and difficult, if not impossible to see with the naked eye. Yet, the image of this spider on the Nazca desert floor does indeed show this part of the spider!