The moon will slip in front of the sun, leaving a fiery orange rim in the sky that will be visible for just a few minutes.
Tag: Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico)
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Saturday’s Solar Eclipse Illuminates Traditions of Indigenous Peoples
Among Indigenous peoples of the Americas, from Navajo Nation down to the rainforests of Brazil, events like the annular eclipse on Saturday have important and distinctive cultural meanings.
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Archaeologists Find Maya City in an ‘Empty Zone’ of the Yucatán Map
In a biological preserve in Mexico’s Campeche State, a team of archaeologists has documented pyramids, palaces, a ball court and other remains of an ancient city they call Ocomtún.
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An Elf? A Witch? Mexico’s President Says It’s the Mythical Aluxe
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador tweeted an image of what he said was an aluxe, a legendary elflike creature. News outlets said it looked like a 2021 photo of another questionable creature.
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The Return of the Jaguar in the Yucatán Peninsula
Thanks to Mexican conservation efforts, the jaguar is making a comeback in the Yucatán Peninsula. A traveler ventures into its habitat in the tropical jungles surrounding an ancient Maya city.