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Thousands gather to witness the light and shadow effect on the Castillo, the afternoon of the spring equinox. As the sun moves through its arc in the sky, this day of equal day and night, it picks up the shadow of the nine bodies of the pyramid ...

A timelapse of the shadows of the support columns in the front plaza of the Temple of the Warriors. When the Sun is at the zenith (directly overhead) then vertical objects, like the columns, cast no shadows. This movie was made during the zenith ...

A timelapse of the shadows of the support columns in the top interior of the Temple of the Warriors. When the Sun is at the zenith (directly overhead) then vertical objects, like the columns, cast no shadows. This movie was made during the zenith ...

A timelapse of the sunset at Chichen Itza as seen from the Choc Mool atop the Temple of the Warriors. This sunset was on the day of the zenith passage of the Sun in May of 2011. The Temple of the Warriors and the Ball Court at Chichen Itza appear ...

Lecture by cultural astronomer Alonso Mendez about Maya Astronomy at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on December 16, 2011.

Lecture: "2012: The Science of the Maya Apocalypse," by Dr. Bryan Mendez

Space Weather: A movie of a large solar flare and coronal mass ejection as observed by several different NASA satellite missions. The view then switches to an animation of what happens to Earth's magnetosphere when impacted by a coronal mass ...

Lecture by Casa de la Cultura Maya president Marco Pacheco at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory about Maya Calendars on December 17, 2011.

A Maya Elder Introduces Herself in Yucatec Maya (w/ Eng subtitles), by Dona Maria Avila.

En Espanol ( w/ Eng subtitles) Observando el Sol para medir la hora, por Dona Maria Avila, maya yucateca

En Espanol (w/ Eng subtitles) El maiz y los puntos cardinales, por Dona Maria Avila, Maya Yucateca.

A demonstration of the set-up and execution of the Human Powered Orrery activity.