Showing posts with the label Mexico

The Radiological Incident in Ciudad Juárez

Jun 5, 2023

One of the worst radiation accident in North America took place in the city of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in 1984. Although the incident is rela...

Tzompantli: The Gruesome Skull Racks of The Aztecs

Aug 25, 2021

When Spanish explorers first arrived in Mexico in the early 16th century and made contact with the Aztecs, they were taken aback by the cult...

Hells Bells

Jan 11, 2021

Deep down El Zapote cenote, a 50-meter-deep water-filled sinkhole in Quintana Roo, Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula, stalactites take a diff...

The Cactus That Crawls Across The Desert

Mar 12, 2019

The narrow peninsula of Baja California Sur, sticking into the central Pacific off Mexico’s west coast, is home to a unique species of cactu...

The Festival of Exploding Sledgehammers

Apr 1, 2017

Every February, residents of the tiny town of San Juan de la Vega in Mexico perform the re-enactment of a four hundred year-old battle that ...

La Pascualita, The Corpse Bride

Jan 16, 2017

Peering out from behind the glass window of a small bridal shop in Chihuahua, Mexico, stands a tall, slender figure dressed in bridal costum...

The Hell’s Bells of Cenote Zapote

Nov 17, 2016

Deep below the surface, inside the water filled caverns of Cenote Zapote in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, stalactites grow into strange sh...

Cuexcomate: A Dead Volcano You Can Climb Into

May 26, 2016

Located in the neighborhood of La Libertad, in the city of Puebla, Mexico, the sinter cone deposit of Cuexcomate has been mistakenly describ...

The Murals of National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mar 14, 2016

The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), located in downtown Mexico, is the largest university in Latin America, and one of the ...

El Callejon del Beso, The Alley of The Kiss

Feb 10, 2016

The charming city of Guanajuato in central Mexico has many narrow streets and alleys, but El Callejon del Beso is by far one of the narrowes...

World’s Most Beautiful And Outstanding Piers

Jan 20, 2016

Piers were originally built for the purpose of getting people and cargo from the boat to the shore without getting their feet wet, before th...

Progreso Pier, The World’s Longest

Oct 6, 2015

The port city of Progreso, in the Mexican state of Yucatán, boasts of the longest pier in the world. Built with reinforced concrete, the pie...

Crested Saguaro Cactus

Aug 24, 2015

The giant saguaro cactus is a universal symbol of the American west. These plants are native to only a small region of southern Arizona, the...

A Hidden Beach in Marieta Islands Formed by Military Bombing

Feb 21, 2015

Marieta Islands are a group of small uninhabited islands a few miles off the coast of Nayarit, in Mexico. Ever since the islands was labelle...

The Cave Pearls of Gruta de las Canicas

Feb 16, 2015

Cave pearls are small, spherical calcite formations the size of marbles that are formed by the concentric deposition of calcium salts around...

The Tree of Tule

Feb 3, 2015

El Árbol del Tule, Spanish for “The Tree of Tule”, is a mighty Montezuma cypress located in the town center of Santa María del Tule in the M...

Mexican Venice: The Island of Mexcaltitán

Nov 13, 2014

Mexcalitán is a small village on an island located in one of the lakes in the estuaries north of San Blas, in the municipality of Santiago I...

The Island of Janitzio

Nov 5, 2014

Isla de Janitzio is one of the five islands of Lake Pátzcuaro in the state of Michoacán, in Mexico. The picturesque island is popular among ...

Paricutin, The Volcano That Grew Out Of A Cornfield

Aug 20, 2014

Rarely do volcanologist get to watch the birth, growth, and death of a volcano. Paricutin provided such an opportunity. Paricutin is a cinde...

Oscar Ruíz’s Aerial Photos of Mexico’s Rich And The Poor

Aug 19, 2014

In an effort to draw attention to community development program in low-income areas, Mexican bank Banamex launched an advertising campaign t...