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Credits

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Supernova Pictograph

Supernova pictograph panel contains three symbols: a large star (supernova), a crescent moon, and a hand print

Lunar Astronomy

Two peculiar pictographs painted in red may represent a record of lunar observations

Cliff Palace

Cliff Palace, at Mesa Verde National Park

The Sun Temple

The Sun Temple, in Mesa Verde National Park

Solar Eclipse Petroglyph

A petroglyph, suggestive of a solar eclipse, is found on the South side of a large boulder near the Una Vida ruin in Chaco Canyon

The Sun Dagger

The "Sun Dagger" light configuration at summer solstice

The 3-Slab Slit

The three slab site on the East face of Fajada butte

Fajada Butte

Fajada butte, Chaco Canyon, at sunrise on 21 June 1997, seen from the Northeast

Solstice Marker

Path of summer solstice light on three petroglyphs

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