In the hills near Pasadena the ancient ones rise early and following in the footsteps of their ancestors scratch their art onto the trails. I was lucky enough to find and photograph this perfect example early one morning last week.

What does it mean? Does the water bottle have any significance? Are they violating any ordinances? Is it pornography? And most importantly: Are grants available to study this phenomenon?

We will continue to research and photograph the dirtoglyphs as they appear.