在羽蛇金字塔的春分点
(原标题: Equinox at the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent)
2023-03-19
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看到长着羽毛的蛇从玛雅金字塔上下来需要精确的时机。你一定要去埃尔卡斯蒂略——在墨西哥Yucatán半岛——靠近春分。然后，在下午晚些时候，如果天空晴朗，金字塔自身的阴影会形成三角形，并融合成著名的毒蛇滑行错觉。也被称为库库尔坎神庙，令人印象深刻的阶梯金字塔高30米，底部宽55米。9世纪至12世纪前哥伦布文明建造了一系列方形露台，该结构可以用作日历，并以天文排列而闻名。这张特色合成图像是在2019年拍摄的，木星和土星横跨银河系的对角线中央带。明天是另一个春分——不仅在Kukulcán神庙，而且在整个地球。
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To see the feathered serpent descend the Mayan pyramid requires exquisite timing. You must visit El Castillo -- in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula -- near an equinox. Then, during the late afternoon if the sky is clear, the pyramid's own shadows create triangles that merge into the famous illusion of a slithering viper. Also known as the Temple of Kukulkan, the impressive step-pyramid stands 30 meters tall and 55 meters wide at the base. Built up as a series of square terraces by the pre-Columbian civilization between the 9th and 12th century, the structure can be used as a calendar and is noted for astronomical alignments. The featured composite image was captured in 2019 with Jupiter and Saturn straddling the diagonal central band of our Milky Way galaxy. Tomorrow marks another equinox -- not only at Temple of Kukulcán, but all over planet Earth.
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