Copyright:Robert Fedez
中文翻譯:
要看到羽毛蛇在瑪雅金字塔上降落，需要非常精確的時機。你必須在墨西哥尤卡坦半島的埃爾卡斯蒂洛進行參觀，最好是在春分或秋分的時候。當天空晴朗的下午，金字塔的陰影會形成三角形，並合而為一，創造出著名的滑行毒蛇的幻影。這座也被稱為庫庫爾坎神廟的壯觀階梯金字塔，高達30米，底部寬55米。它是在公元9世紀到12世紀時由前哥倫布文明建造的，這座結構可以用作日曆，並以其天文對齊而著稱。這幅圖片是2019年拍攝的，其中木星和土星跨越了我們銀河系的對角中心帶。在幾天後，春分將再次到來——不僅在庫庫爾坎神廟，還在地球的各個地方。
原文:
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. In a few days another equinox will occur — not only at Temple of Kukulcán, but all over planet Earth.
來源:NASA每日圖片
