View Chichen Itza Spring Equinox Snake Background. At dusk on 21 march and 22 september, days before the start of spring and fall equinoxes, in the north stairway of the castillo de chichen itza a solar projection of a serpent of light appears consisting of seven inverted triangles of light. Prior to the spanish conquest of the yucatán, kukulkan was worshipped by the yucatec maya people of the yucatán peninsula.
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With the spring equinox, the maya initiated the planting and with the autumn equinox the harvest. The ancient mayas celebrated the spring equinox in chichen itza every year, and the descend of the feathered serpent represented for them the beginning of the agricultural season. The time lapse footage was shot entirely by hand using a canon t2i shot in a prone position.
On every equinox, the sun of the late afternoon creates the illusion of a snake creeping slowly down the northern staircase.
The snake of light and shadow is also visible the day before and after the equinox, cloud cover permitting. On every equinox, the sun of the late afternoon creates the illusion of a snake creeping slowly down the northern staircase. The marvel of chichen itza's equinox. A trip of many to yucatan.
