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A kite from above, taken from a balloon with a camera attached.

The Middle East Is Dotted With Thousands of Puzzling Kite-Shaped Structures

Some of them are comparable in size to the famous Nazca Lines in Peru.
by Robin George Andrews
January 22, 2019