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A Pretty Picture At Tulum Our guide at the ruins showed us a picture I wish they had had in their cultural center, I would have bought one. The temple that is built at the angle of the axis is positioned so that it plays a big part in the culture. On June 21, the day of the summer solstice, as the sunrises out of the Caribbean there is an area of yellow/gold that perfectly encircles the temple. At the moment of sunrise light bursts through a small opening in the center of the temple in a beam like a laser. It was a demonstration of the power of the priests to bring light and marked the time of the beginning of the rainy season. The picture was breathtaking, I can only imagine what it would look like to be standing there.

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Contributed by familyfunandfaith on February 1, 2008, at 3:53 AM UTC.

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