Founded in 500 A.D. Uxmal was the most powerful site in western Yucatan. Many of the buildings rely on well cut stones, with no mortar.Orientat of the long palace of the governor points to the southernmost rising point of the planet Venus, occurring every eight years. Photo credit: Space Imaging 8/8/2002
The New Norcia Tracking station is located 140 kilometres north of Perth, in Western Australia, close to the town of New Norcia. It is operated by Xantic.
The 35-metre diameter antenna with transmission and reception in both S- and X-bands, is designed for deep-space satellite missions and provides daily support to Mars Express, Rosetta and Venus Express in its Routine phase, and in the ...
The fabled Giant Rock had attracted the first native nomads hundreds of years before settlements rose from the dusty ground. The granite stone and surrounding ground had been held as holy ground by the Native Americans. It is reported that the Hopi knew of this rock and joined other tribes across the desert to convene and celebrate the coming seasons. Shaman drew spiritual strength for the trib...
There are quite a few blogs out there with lists of statues that seem strange to the authors of those blogs. I began a project to locate as many of them as I can. Thus far I've found quite a few. Most are visible, though some are in shadows or under trees or the image is too old. Also note that three or so of the statues are in other places in their own posts, but I wanted a proper complete lis...
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