The image shows a famous monument that biannually attracts even more crowds than usual. This picture shows one such day. What monument is this and what is the significance of this day?Answer: This is the El Castillo in the ruins of Chichen Itza in Mexico. On both equinoxes, the shadows resemble a crawling serpent, an illusion further heightened by a sculpture of a serpent head at the base. The serpent is a reference to the Mayan God Quetzalcoatl. Iam, Hari, Mekie, Rajesh K, Manix, Raghu and Rajesh got it. Well done.
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Crawling of the serpent on Chichen Itza, Mexico, during an equinox
El Castillo, Descent of the Snake
Spring and Fall Equinox at Chichen Itza - The sun's shadow falls such that one side of the pyramid is completely exposed to sunlight, whereas the other side is in the shadow.
"El Castillo" - Chichen Itza ruins. During the 2 equinoxes, a serpentine shadow is formed on the walls of the pyramid extending down to the base which has a sculpture of a serpant head.
- Rajesh K.
The Mayan pyramid at Chichen Itza, on one of the equinox days, when the shadow of a giant snake seems to crawl down the side of the pyramid.
mayan pyramid during solstice (and equinox)
Chichen Itza, Equinoxes and the shadow of Quetzalcoatl
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