a moment of beauty

[anotheranon]

A cenote - a sacrificial underground lake used by the Mayans. The photographer was lucky enough to be there the one day of the year where a tiny beam of light from the surface aligns perfectly with the tip of one of the stalactites - amazing :)

Taken from the Mysterious Places website, which also includes photo essays of Easter Island and Stonehenge.

Anyone have any favorite "mysterious" places, or ones they'd like to visit? I'd like to see Stonehenge one day, along with Oak Island (It IS in Canada, jlsjlsjls!) and Rosslyn Chapel (warning, site has music with no "off" button).

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[timcharmorbien.livejournal.com]

I would LOVE to see Stonehenge, and the cave paintings at Lascoux (sp?) though the odds of the latter happening are quite slim these days; prehistoric paintings don't hold up well to tourist traffic. :( I've also always been fascinated by the Nazca lines in Peru, though those are best appreciated from an aerial view. :)

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Next CZ klatch - rent helicopter and go to Nazca!! I've always been intrigued by the lines as well - how they were planned, and most of all, why.

I seem to remember that a full-scale reproduction of the Lascoux caves was being created for tourists, but a quick Google can't seem to find anything about that. Not the original, but perhaps better than nothing?

[timcharmorbien.livejournal.com]

No helicopters, please! I like airborne vehicles that can actually glide to a landing if something goes wrong! :)

And a replication of the cave is the next best thing; I'd better start saving now for that trip! :P

Lascaux rewind!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Aha! Just found this (http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/infoprat.htm). And evidently it's old news; the reproduction has been available since 1983 (http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/lascaux2.htm) [blush]!