{"id":26863,"date":"2026-03-16T04:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/?p=26863"},"modified":"2026-03-16T04:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:56:26","slug":"26863","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/?p=26863","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/image\/2603\/MayanMilkyWay_Fernandez_1080.jpg' style='max-width:600px;' \/><\/p>\n<div>To see the feathered serpent descend the Mayan pyramid requires exquisite timing. You must visit El Castillo &#8212; in Mexico&#8217;s Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula &#8212; near an equinox. Then, during the late afternoon if the sky is clear, the pyramid&#8217;s own shadows create triangles that merge into the famous illusion of a slithering viper. Also known as the Temple of Kukulkan, the impressive step-pyramid stands 30 meters tall and 55 meters wide at the base. Built up as a series of square terraces by the pre-Columbian civilization between the 9th and 12th century, the structure can be used as a calendar and is noted for astronomical alignments. The featured composite image was captured in 2019 with Jupiter and Saturn straddling the diagonal central band of our Milky Way galaxy. In a few days another equinox will occur &#8212; not only at Temple of Kukulc\u00e1n, but all over planet Earth. via NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap260315.html\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To see the feathered serpent descend the Mayan pyramid requires exquisite timing. You must visit El Castillo &#8212; in Mexico&#8217;s Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula &#8212; near an equinox. Then, during the late <a href=\"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/?p=26863\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10,12],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","post-26863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-whatsup","tag-ifttt","tag-nasa"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26864,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26863\/revisions\/26864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}