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在羽蛇金字塔的春分点

(原标题: Equinox at the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent)

2026-03-15

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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。几天后,另一个春分将会出现——不仅在Kukulcán神庙,而且在整个地球上。

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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. In a few days another equinox will occur -- not only at Temple of Kukulcán, but all over planet Earth.

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