National Geographic Travelのインスタグラム(natgeotravel) - 9月12日 01時16分

Photo by @BabakTafreshi Slowly swipe to see the entire night view of this impressive Maya temple in Tikal known as the Great Jaguar. In fact, you may hear the big cat if you spend enough time in this jungle at night. Protected in a national park in Guatemala, jaguars freely roam around the temples after dark, when tourists have departed.
When I visited last year with special permission from the Guatemala Ministry of Culture to document the site at night, the tropical sky had cleared after thunderstorms. As you see in the second slide, constellation Taurus (the Bull) and the Pleiades star cluster (also known as the Seven Sisters) were rising above the 47-meter (154-foot) pyramid, which dates to A.D. 750.
There are both old stories and new studies on the importance of the Pleiades to the Maya. One myth is that the people of Tikal believed they came from Pleiades, and the seven important pyramids of the Grand Plaza in Tikal represent the pattern of Pleiades. There is no doubt that some Maya pyramids were built to reflect astronomical events, and from atop Tikal’s pyramids, perhaps ancient astronomers tracked the movements of celestial objects, keeping time for rituals and agriculture. The Maya calendar was one of the most advanced of the ancient world, thanks to astronomical observations. When Pleiades rises at sunset and is visible for the entire night in November, that’s when the dry season and harvesting begin.
Explore more of the world at night @babaktafreshi and @twanight. #tikalnationalpark #guatemala #maya

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