Southern Peru’s Nazca Lines, a series of geoglyphs (designs etched into the sand believed to have been created around 200 BC) depict animals and plants that given their size can only be viewed in full from the sky. The largest is a whopping 1.1 kilometres across. Now, evidence has emerged of Melbourne’s own large-scale glyphs you can see from space (with the right technology that is). Jump onto Google Earth right now and you’ll see a series of giant penises carved into parks across Preston and Thornbury. Reddit user u/adrianmtb found the first three penis glyphs at T W Blake Park in Preston. The largest of the three penises begins in the southern corner, extending past a cricket pitch and finishing in the middle of the park. It’s approximately 122 metres long by 20 metres at its widest.

Further investigation by Broadsheet of surrounding parks revealed two more penis glyphs in Thornbury at Hayes Park, one measuring approximately 81 metres by eight metres, and the other three metres by five metres. And two at John Cain Memorial Park measuring approximately 94 metres by 16 metres, and 14 meters by six metres. Based on the consistent style of the glyphs they appear to be the work of the same person. As with the Nazca lines, the Preston penises appear to have been drawn in one continuous line, starting with the upper side of the shaft and ending between the testicles. Although it’s hard to confirm which direction the artist intended the viewer to contemplate the image from, judging by the orientation of the shaft to the testicles in each glyph one can assume that the penises are erect. A spokesperson for Darebin Council has told Broadsheet it’s believed the images were made at various times over the past summer.