Puerto de Morelos, Quintana Roo, México.
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2008-05-19
Chichen Itza - 08
Sacred Well (Cenote)
Poço Sagrado (Cenote)
A cenote (pronounced in Mexican Spanish [seˈnoˌte] and in English [səˈnəʊˌteɪ], plural: cenotes; from Yucatec Maya dzonot) is a type of sinkhole containing groundwater typically found in the Yucatán Peninsula and some nearby Caribbean islands. The term is derived from a word used by the low-land Maya to refer to any location where groundwater is accessible.
Definition and description
Cenotes are surface connections to subterranean water bodies [1]. While the most well-known cenotes are large open water pools measuring tens of metres in diameter, such as those at Chichén Itzá, the greatest number of cenotes are smaller sheltered sites and do not necessarily have any surface exposed water. The term cenote has also been used to describe similar karst features in other countries such as Cuba and Australia, in addition to the more generic term of sinkholes.
Cenote water is often very clear, as the water comes from rain water infiltrating slowly through the ground, and therefore contains very little suspended particulate matter. The groundwater flow rate within a cenote may be very slow at velocities ranging from 1 to 1000 meters per year. In many cases, cenotes are areas where sections of cave roof have collapsed revealing an underlying cave system and the water flow rates here may be much faster: up to 10,000 meters per day[2]. Cenotes around the world attract cave divers who have documented extensive flooded cave systems through them, some of which have been explored for lengths of 100 kilometers or more.
Cenotes and the Maya
Cenotes have long been the principal sources of water in much of the Yucatán Peninsula. The region has almost no rivers and only a few lakes, often marshy. Cenotes are widely distributed, and supply better-quality water year-round. Major Maya settlements required access to adequate water supplies, and therefore cities, including the famous Chichén Itzá, were built around these natural wells. Some cenotes like the Cenote of Sacrifice in Chichén Itzá played an important role in Maya rites. Believing that these pools were gateways to the other world, the Maya sometimes threw valuable items into them. The discovery of golden sacrificial artifacts in some cenotes led to the archaeological exploration of most cenotes in the first part of the 20th century. Edward Herbert Thompson, an American diplomat who had bought the Chichén Itzá site, began dredging the Sacred Cenote there in 1904. He discovered human skeletons and sacrificial objects confirming a local legend, the Cult of the Cenote, involving human sacrifice to the rain gods (Chaacs) by ritual casting of victims and objects into the cenote.
Font: Wikipédia.Norteinho | Funny But... | Look the Photo
2008-05-18
Chichen Itza - 07
The Warriors Temple.
O Templo dos Guerreiros.
Chichen Itza - 06
Norteinho | Funny But... | Look the Photo
2008-04-01
Chichen Itza - 06
The Warriors Temple.
O Templo dos Guerreiros.
This building owes its name to the row of pillars displaying relief carvings of warriors. Is was erected over an ancient structure known as the Temple of Chac Mool, upon whose walls and interior pillars there are richly colored carvings of plumed serpents, warriors, and priests. The upper building only partially reflects its true grandeur. There are three sculpted maks with extremely long noses on the outer walls and at the corners. On the inner walls of the vaults there were murals with scenes of war and daily life. Tha altar-tables and benches may have served as seats and thrones for dignitaries.
Information in the local.
Temple of the Warriors
The Temple of the Warriors complex consists of a large stepped pyramid fronted and flanked by rows of carved columns depicting warriors. This complex is analogous to Temple B at the Toltec capital of Tula, and indicates some form of cultural contact between the two regions. The one at Chichen Itza, however, was constructed on a larger scale. At the top of the stairway on the pyramid’s summit (and leading towards the entrance of the pyramid’s temple) is a Chac Mool.
Near the Warriors is a large plaza surrounded by pillars called "The Great Market."
In Wikipedia.
2008-03-26
Chichen Itza - 05
El Caracol. (The Snail) Part 2 (Part 1)
Was an astronomical observatory.
O Caracol.
Era um observatório astronómico.
Related: Chichen Itza - 01 | Chichen Itza - 02 | Chichen Itza - 03
| Chichen Itza 04
2008-02-22
Chichen Itza - 02
The Castle - It's like a pyramid, the Temple of Kukulcan.
O Castelo - É como uma pirâmide, o Templo de Kukulcan.
El Castillo
Dominating the center of Chichén is the Temple of Kukulkan (the Maya name for Quetzalcoatl), often referred to as "El Castillo" (the castle). This step pyramid has a ground plan of square terraces with stairways up each of the 4 sides to the temple on top. On the Spring and Fall equinox, at the rising and setting of the sun, the corner of the structure casts a shadow in the shape of a plumed serpent - Kukulcan, or Quetzalcoatl - along the side of the North staircase. On these two days, the shadows from the corner tiers slither down the northern side of the pyramid with the sun's movement.
Mesoamerican cultures periodically built larger pyramids atop older ones, and this is one such example. In the mid 1930s, the Mexican government sponsored an excavation into El Castillo. After several false starts, they discovered a staircase under the north side of the pyramid. By digging from the top, they found another temple buried below the current one. Inside the temple chamber was a Chac Mool statue and a throne in the shape of jaguar, painted red with spots made of inlaid jade.
The Mexican government excavated a tunnel from the base of the north staircase, up the earlier pyramid’s stairway to the hidden temple, and opened it to tourists. In 2006, INAH closed the throne room to the public.
In Wikipédia.
Blog: Look the Photo.
2008-02-21
Decorations for the cakes | Decoração para bolos
In a supermarket in Stockholm, Sweden. For all kinds of marriages.
Num supermercado em Estocolmo, Suécia. Para todos os tipos de casamentos.
Blog: Look the Photo.
2008-02-19
2008-02-10
National Museum
National Musem, Stockholm, Sweden. Some details inside.
Museu Nacional, Estocolmo, Suécia. Alguns detalhes lá dentro.
Blog: Look the Photo.
2008-01-29
Rambla Catalunya | Rambla Catalunha
La Rambla de Catalunya, in Barcelona. In the Saint George (Jordi) day. Is tradition says that the man gives to woman a red rose, and the woman gives a book. The streets stay full of people.
A Rambla da Catalunha, em Barcelona. No Dia de São Jorge (Jordi). Diz a tradição que o homem deve oferecer à mulher uma rosa vermelha e e ela oferece-lhe um livro. As ruas ficam cheias de pessoas.
Blog: Look the Photo.
2008-01-28
Hórreo | Espigueiro
In Soajo Village, in Gerês, north of Portugal. The hórreo, is the place where the agricultore put the maize spike for a long time.
Na vila de Soajo, no Gerês, norte de Portugal. O espigueiro é o local onde os agricultores guardam as espigas de milho por longo tempo.
Blog: Look the Photo.
2008-01-20
Art in the street | Arte na rua (Updated 1)
Art on the streets of Stockholm, Sweden.
Arte nas ruas de Estocolmo, Suécia.
Alexander Calder. 1898-1976. USA.
Niki De Saint Phalle. 1930-2002. France.
Jean Tinguely. 1925-1991. Switzerland.
Moderna Museet.
Map.
Blog: Look the Photo.
2008-01-16
Pharmacy | Farmácia
The pharmacy in Mexico. It sells: toys, candy's, alcohol drinks, cigars and yes, medication too..
A farmácia no México. Vende: brinquedos, doces, álcool, cigarros e sim, também medicamentos...
Blog: Look the Photo.
2008-01-13
Look left | Olhe para a esquerda
Many places in London, you can find this, an advice to look at the left, because England is one of the country's that drive by the left side of the street.
London is one of the most visited cities in the world, many of the people came from country's were the drive by the right, so it's a good idea this remind. For the tourist's like me sometimes it's a little confusing see the car in the "wrong" side of the street.
Em mutios lugares em Londres, pode-se encontrar isto, um aviso para olhar para a esquerda, porque Inglaterra é um daqueles países em que os carros circulam pelo lado esquerda da estrada.
Londres é uma das cidades mais visitadas do mundo, muitas pessoas vêm de países onde se circula pelo lado direito, portanto é uma boa ideia este aviso. Para turistas como eu, por vezes é um pouco confuso ver os carros a circular no lado "errado" da estrada.
Londres é uma das cidades mais visitadas do mundo, muitas pessoas vêm de países onde se circula pelo lado direito, portanto é uma boa ideia este aviso. Para turistas como eu, por vezes é um pouco confuso ver os carros a circular no lado "errado" da estrada.
2008-01-07
In the end of the day | No final do dia
The ens of the day in London, in the bridge betwen the St. Paul Catedral and the Tate Museum. Even the beautiful days comes to a end.
O fim do dia em Londres, na ponte entre a Catedral de São Paulo e o Museu Tate. Mesmo os lindos dias chegam ao seu fim.
St. Paul Cathedral. Tate Gallery.
La Pedrera
La Pedrera or Milá House, is one more work of Gaudí. Barcelona. Spain.
La Pedrera ou Casa Milá, é mais uma obra de Gaudí. Barcelona. Espanha.
La Pedrera (Casa Milá).
2008-01-04
La Sagrada Família
La Sagrada Família. Barcelona, basilica in construction since 1882, and not finished yet. Deserve your visit. From the master Antoni Gaudí.
La Sagrada Família. Barcelona, catedral em construção desde 1882, e ainda não acabada. Merece a sua visita. Do mestre Antoni Gaudí.
La Sagrada Familia.
2007-12-31
Awaken to work | Desperto para o trabalho
The hot time of Cancun, in Mexico, let the people with special needs.
O tempo quente de Cancun, no México, deixa as pessoas com necessidades especiais.
Mercado 28.
Eels - I need some sleep
2007-12-12
Isla Saona
The paradise, should be something like this. Isla Saona, Dominican Republic.
O paraíso, deve ser parecido com isto. Ilha Saona, República Dominicana.
Maps: Isla Saona. Dominican Republic.
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