| July 30, 2005 |
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Traditions of the Sun
How  often do you get to see the day's first light through an ancient Mayan archway? With this site, crack-of-dawn-loving organizations NASA and the National Park Service extend an invitation to do just that. Using two "explorer modes," Traditions of the Sun leads you to ancient solar observatories in the Yucatan and New Mexico's Chaco Canyon. From there, you can investigate how ancestral people built those locales to reflect and interact with the sun. There's a wealth of stuff here, but we particularly recommend the time-lapse movies: Glimpse the first blush of sunrise at the Sun Temple in Dzibilchaltun. Behold the sun as it creeps across the great house of Pueblo Bonito. Or see a shaft of light briefly illuminate a Native American rock painting. It's like a date with daylight; don't miss it. (in Anthropology and Archaeology) |
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