chichen itza equinox shadow

The spring and summer equinoxes bring the most famous, and impressive, of the architect's talents to light, the shadow descent of the Feathered Serpent—Kukulkan or Quetzalcoatl—down the main staircase. And this is but...


spring equinox, Chichen


snake shadow at equinox


The shadow creates the image


Chichen-Itza Equinox Crowd


Chichen Itza equinox festival


Chichen Itza Equinox

Chichen Itza Attracts Almost 30K for Equinox. March 24th, 2012 by ejalbright. Some 28942 people descended on Chichen Itza to watch Kukulcan descend the great pyramid, El Castillo. In case you missed it, here's a video of the entire day in seven minutes: If you watch the video and don't see anything other than a series of triangular shadows against a staircase, well, that's just about all there is. As the video demonstrates, the fun is watching the reaction by those who come out for the...
Chichen Itza Attracts Almost 30K for Equinox - American Egypt - All ...

the great pyramid of Chichen Itza. It is just over 16 hours. In ten minutes, the cycle is completed. The shadow supplemented mark the return of the spring equinox. The faithful in white dawn chanting “Kukulcan, Kukulcan.
chichen itza equinox shadow