This photograph was taken in Palenque during the nadir passage of the Sun in November, 2006. The image shows the Temple of the Inscriptions and the Orion constellation in the sky. Three stars form a triangle with the cosmic hearth at the center ...

The Temple of the Inscriptions in the Archeological site of Palenque in Chiapas, México. This temple is aligned with the seasonal cycles of the Sun to mark solstices and equinoxes, as well as the zenith and nadir passage of the Sun (directly ...